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← Explore all topicsIf you’ve read my previous post regarding balancing seismic and dynamic base shear that was seismic base shear balancing considering UBC97 where…
This applies if the reinforcement provided is not driven by crackwidth limits and thermal requirements. The minimum steel ratios of…
How old am I? I’ll give you an idea: we had been the last batch way back university days that…
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I have not been modelling extensively in ETABS this recently so this query from a former 後輩 (こうはい) had my technical engine…
Slab design may not be that ‘challenging’ to some compared to designing walls and columns and the parts of the…
Excessive deflection in what will be discussed in this article is the deflection in excess of the threshold deflection as…
Gravity-wise, so long as there is something below that props what is above, gravity loads will follow a route where…
A column that does not directly take bending moments from the slab. Let that sink in for a while. As…
Having been used to UBC97 and ASCE 7-10 in scaling of dynamic seismic loads, using the Australian code is totally new…
Let’s extend the application of Mohr’s circle to a topic very dear to us structural engineers dealing with lateral loads,…
I was asked to present this one as a lecture. Never made it to the team but nonetheless I’m still…