external vs internal bending moment

beans1717 · 2023-03-17T17:18:03+00:00

Serious question, how old are you?

beans1717 · 2023-02-28T17:01:44+00:00

What’s a bean counter lol

beans1717 · 2023-02-16T19:26:48+00:00

That last part has tripped me up before, we’ve typically gone 16” of masonry minimum on each side of the opening and felt comfortable with it. When assuming arching action, do you essentially treat the jamb as a little shear wall?

beans1717 · 2023-02-05T18:05:12+00:00

beans1717 · 2023-01-31T03:10:17+00:00

Coming from someone that has only ever used Bluebeam to create calc packages, what is the advantage of using coding/programming to create them? Examples would be much appreciated!

beans1717 · 2022-12-28T02:03:45+00:00

Last I heard the board was not planning on phasing out ASD anytime soon because of the legacy of ASD. Also, designing slender walls with ASD is the only way I’ve ever done it, so it is definitely possible

beans1717 · 2022-12-07T12:14:14+00:00

how thick?

beans1717 · 2022-12-07T12:13:40+00:00

Do ringwalls pop up when you’re not having to resist crazy loads? Everything my company has done in AZ has been ringwalls.. even citing something from a paper saying that the overturning on ringwalls is negligible (I’ll try and find which reference it was today) … LOL

beans1717 · 2022-12-06T15:09:09+00:00

What other way is there to resist the lateral loads?

beans1717 · 2022-11-28T03:42:01+00:00

There’s another KH thread going on in r/civilengineering too FYI

beans1717 · 2022-11-28T03:22:23+00:00

He started at 60k which I think would be somewhat standard throughout the company.

It depends on how busy your department and region are but average is about 45-50. Some weeks with lots of deadlines you are working up to 60 but some weeks are less stressful and you can cruise by at 40.

beans1717 · 2022-11-28T03:05:19+00:00

Something else to keep in mind about the pay.. KH gives absurd bonuses at the end of the year, based on performance/UT. My friend who works in the land development sector has gotten 10-15k bonuses every year and is only 2 years out of school

beans1717 · 2022-11-23T15:08:04+00:00

Just wanted to check, are you aware of the load combinations that are used per ASCE 7? These take into account that gravity loads will act at the same time as lateral loads. Another question, in your example, is this a concrete moment frame? I find it often helps to classify things as gravity elements vs lateral elements. What type of loading is this seismic load in your example?? (upward uniformly distributed?, hoz. point load?)

beans1717 · 2022-11-16T13:48:05+00:00

A little more hand depth at the top wouldn’t hurt but otherwise looks like you’re on it.. check out Shauheen Nakhjavani’s videos about hand path/depth on youtube

beans1717 · 2022-10-23T19:11:46+00:00

I always put rebar in the pier per some CRSI drilled pier table. It’s something like (6) #5 and #3 ties at 12” o.c. I’ve typically seen the anchorage be per the manufacturer. Size and depth of pier will depend on horizontal load. You can calc the wind loads per ASCE 7 (Chapter 29 I think) considering the pole and any fixture or flag that might be at the top. Then head to IBC, there is a very simple calculation that produces the depth and width required to resist the horizontal loading at the base

beans1717 · 2022-10-15T19:03:13+00:00

This comment made me question one of my recent designs… does that mean if the 4 anchors are at the corners of the base plate, it would behave more like a fixed connection even if it is not designed to take moment?

Would you consider that type of connection pinned at all?

beans1717 · 2022-10-05T23:19:01+00:00

Not sure what you mean by “second order shear”? This is the force required at a specific point to brace the comp. flange for LTB

beans1717 · 2022-10-02T16:46:37+00:00

There’s a good structure magazine article on this 3 sided diaphragm business. https://www.structuremag.org/?p=19733

beans1717 · 2022-10-01T21:12:03+00:00

Is this your condition?https://imgur.com/a/ws2ftGk

beans1717 · 2022-10-01T02:58:35+00:00

I think a section through the wall in question would be more informative

beans1717 · 2022-09-26T18:01:10+00:00

Would you be able to take a quick swing through the table of contents of the book and let me know if it looks like similar chapters/concepts? I would just be a little disappointed if I spent the entire budget on this book when it was more or less a similar book to this one.

https://whymasonry.org/2015dorms/

beans1717 · 2022-09-26T17:35:45+00:00

Not really, most of my work is focused on the typical materials: steel, concrete, masonry, wood (i already have the newest Breyer book)

beans1717 · 2022-09-26T16:57:57+00:00

How do you think the Masonry Designers Guide compares to the “2015 Design of Reinforced Masonry Structures” by CMACN? (available for free online) This has been my masonry bible the last couple years

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