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  1. afk2000

    Traditional heel on the retaining wall's footing

    Thanks for reply, Then how do they build the heel under the slope?! are they going to remove the soil, build the wall and foundation and fill it back with the soil ?! like in this case, are they going to dig the slope in about 10' deep by 6' width (to create the footing), build the wall and...
  2. afk2000

    Traditional heel on the retaining wall's footing

    I have a 10' (12" CONC. BLK.) retaining wall and I need to know how I should design the direction of the heel on this wall? ... I mean, the heel should be toward the slope or the steep? what is the common & best way to design that and where I can get more information? Thanks in advance.
  3. afk2000

    Regular or structural slab

    Hi, I am trying to build a new two story house on a slopped property, the soil report shows that I need to have piles & grade beams, the whole floor of the building is going to be a flat slab on grade (because I have a retaining wall behind the building). Now here is my question: Does this slab...
  4. afk2000

    Torsion analysis and overturning moment (Enercalc & RISA)

    Thanks for your respond, so basically I don't have any torsion in my situation because the whole ret. wall is sitting continuously on the beam, (support to support) am I right? but if overturning moment is the maximum moment how come the resisting moment is always greater than that? last...
  5. afk2000

    Torsion analysis and overturning moment (Enercalc & RISA)

    Hi Guys, 1- On Enercalc or Retain Pro, which one of these following numbers should be used for torsion design of a grade beam that holds a retaining wall above it? Overturning Moment or Resisting Moment? 2- Base on that number above how can obtain the area of steel to design the number of ties...
  6. afk2000

    Retaining Wall Program

    Hi Guys, I am trying to design a 10' retaining wall to retain against the soil on a sloped bare land, I don't know which way I should design the footing, I mean the heel portion of the footing should be toward the slope (under the slope) or opposite side? which way is more common and better...
  7. afk2000

    WOOD MOMENT FRAME

    Thanks again, specially Dinosaur!.
  8. afk2000

    WOOD MOMENT FRAME

    Thanks for all of your inputs,... Dinosaur!, The G.L.B. would be fine, the only thing is designing the connections, is there a book that shows how to design wood moment frame connections ?
  9. afk2000

    Regular moment frame and OMF

    What are the differences between regular moment frames and OMF's? , I have designed a simple moment frame around a garage door (small two story residential house , 20' W. x 8' HT.) and the plan checker asked me to design OMF ?! Thanks in advance.
  10. afk2000

    WOOD MOMENT FRAME

    Hi, Is it possible to build wood moment frame ?(for residential usage,like under the roof of the balcony). If yes,how should I connect them together and to the foundation? Thanks in advance.
  11. afk2000

    Rebar Layout

    Hi Everybody, My question is about the rebar's layout on version 8 of SAFE. Is this layout a construction layout ,I mean do I need to consider any more or less rebars to i oder to build the slab or the original layout would be enough? do I need to do any editing on that? Any help and comments...
  12. afk2000

    Wood section library

    and how can i define stress strin curve definition for those? Thanks in advance
  13. afk2000

    Wood section library

    Thanks for reply, now, where i can find some information about material property data ?
  14. afk2000

    Wood section library

    How can I find or create wood section library in sap2000? Thanks.
  15. afk2000

    Friction Pile design Software

    I am looking for a software that can design friction piles. any help would be appreciated.
  16. afk2000

    Rebar Layout

    I need a rebar layout example A.S.P. Thanks

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