Hello all,
I'm looking for a paper that I used to have a PDF of, but I'm now unable to find either in my files or online. The title, as I recall, was "The Faustian and the Magian in the Building of a Building Code", or very similar, by Mete A. Sozen (who sadly passed away a couple of week ago...
Hi all. For checking existing anchorage, has anybody come across a rational way to approach side-face blowout of hooked anchors in tension? I know they're not advisable for new construction, but this is a check of existing anchorage for new increased loads.
ACI 318-14 provides side-face blowout...
Hi folks!
I'm assessing an existing foundation wall with a large opening which effectively forms a 10 ft span x 10 ft deep x 4 ft wide "beam" above the opening. There is longitudinal reinforcement in the bottom of the "beam" but not a sufficient amount to act as a tied arch in a strut-and-tie...
Hi all!
Does anybody have experience or literature related to wind loads on a structure located adjacent to one or multiple large circular tanks?
The situation I'm looking at has a grid of oil storage tanks about 100 feet in diameter and 40 feet high. Centre-to-centre tank spacing is 130 feet...
Preface: not quite a structural topic but a construction one so it seems like it fits here...
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009599889_portmistake05m.html
As a side note, somebody on another forum points out that 2.52" is 64.008mm which means someone quite possibly converted...
