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Did You Know That… You Can Go Lower Than The Minimum Required Flexural Reinforcement?
This applies if the reinforcement provided is not driven by crackwidth limits and thermal requirements.…
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Did You Know That… Strength Reduction Factor Adjusts Depending On The Strain Of The Extreme Tensile Steel?
How old am I? I’ll give you an idea: we had been the last batch…
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Huge Stuff Re Architectural Mepf That We Need To Put Our Fingers On
Howdy everyone?! I’ve been digging for quite sometime now for something to share with you…
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Interpreting The Modal Mass Participating Ratios Table From Etabs
I have not been modelling extensively in ETABS this recently so this query from a…
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Tips In Proportioning The Geometry And Reinforcement Of Conventional Slabs
Slab design may not be that ‘challenging’ to some compared to designing walls and columns…
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Excessive Deflection Counter Measures Of Conventional Slabs In Safe
Excessive deflection in what will be discussed in this article is the deflection in excess…
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The Concept Of Lateral Stability
Gravity-wise, so long as there is something below that props what is above, gravity loads…
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A Moment Of Columns Without Moment
A column that does not directly take bending moments from the slab. Let that sink…
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Response Spectrum Scaling Per As1170.4
Having been used to UBC97 and ASCE 7-10 in scaling of dynamic seismic loads, using the…
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Determining The Transferred Maximum In-Plane Diaphragm Shear Forces To Walls
Let’s extend the application of Mohr’s circle to a topic very dear to us structural…