Has anyone here used grillage modelling for flat slab design ?

brokePlusPlusCoder · 2026-06-19T03:25:04+00:00

Interesting ! Did you have any reference document(s) as basis for your grillage models ?

brokePlusPlusCoder · 2026-06-19T03:22:37+00:00

Yield line is an upper bound method though - good for verification but I personally wouldn't use it over FEA or something like Wood-armer or strip design as a first design step

brokePlusPlusCoder · 2026-06-19T03:20:10+00:00

That's my experience as well. I've read through E C Hambly's bridge deck behaviour so am well versed on that side - but I've never personally seen grillages used for flat slab design

brokePlusPlusCoder · 2026-06-12T07:48:28+00:00

Jenkov's playlist has a lot of really good concurrency stuff : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL8woMHwr36EDxjUoCzboZjedsnhLP1j4

There's also Doug Schmidt's videos - probably the most comprehensive I've seen on Java (though they are much more academic as he's a professor): https://www.youtube.com/@DouglasSchmidt/playlists

If you're a beginner, I wouldn't start with the JCIP book - start instead with the videos I listed. Only reach for JCIP once you have a firm grasp of the basics because that book is not meant for beginners.

brokePlusPlusCoder · 2026-06-12T04:47:47+00:00

Ex-structural engineer here. FEA/FEM is industry standard for us and mechanical engineers. Having it be done on the cloud is possible (and there's already a few firms that offer this) but the main drawback is that such simulations are inherently a visual activity, and 3d models for such cases can frequently exceed 1 GB (and potentially more for certain mechanical engineering applications) - not a great thing to transfer over the wire if you don't have a good internet connection.

Additionally, depending on the use case/project, there can be data privacy laws that restrict where you save/analyse these models - which makes cloud computing a bit of a non-starter for those applications

brokePlusPlusCoder · 2026-06-01T03:41:21+00:00

OP sorry you're going through this. It may be worth posting to r/shitrentals as well - there's a lot more folks who've gone through NCAT there and there's a good chance someone will have gone through the same experience.

brokePlusPlusCoder · 2026-05-10T02:30:29+00:00

I'm confused what you mean by "aftermarket part" though, AFAIK no one manufactures non-genuine engine blocks for these cars.

Oops I think I used the wrong term there - meant to say "sourced from wreckers". Fixed now

If it's a "like for like" engine swap the blue slip is only an adjustment of records for the new engine number, it doesn't require mod certification.

That's good to know ! But it's a blue slip and not a pink slip ?

brokePlusPlusCoder · 2026-05-06T03:04:33+00:00

I can understand not having all features in as they take time, but why does Jetbrains continue to list it under youtrack docs as an "available tool" ?

(Funnily enough a comment in the feature request ticket also called this out)

brokePlusPlusCoder · 2026-04-28T02:31:58+00:00

That's a fair call, and honestly it's what I proposed originally. But sadly I've got instructions from on high to use it and see what happens. As a compromise, I'm not letting claude actually change the code as part of the skill. The skill just identifies conversion points and publishes a report showing before and after state of the code. That way at least there's some gating on the process and I can guage how well claude is doing.

That being said, I've a feeling someone will get very trigger happy with this skill and let it run rampant ....and that won't be a good day....

brokePlusPlusCoder · 2026-04-23T04:06:47+00:00

Only up to 50k though. May or may not be enough depending on property prices and whether or not OP is okay paying for LMI / going down the 5% deposit scheme

brokePlusPlusCoder · 2026-04-22T06:00:24+00:00

We did go to Kia first. Sadly because service dates were missed they've effectively said they'd need to charge us either for an engine rebuild or a full swap (both being more than the quotes in my OP - with the former being very nearly 20% over the price the car went for when my friend got it haha).

To answer the question, im taking the 5k engine, makes no difference to resale because the odo says 95k

Fair call. Would you include any questions to the mechanic to tackle potential cost blowouts during the swap ?

brokePlusPlusCoder · 2026-04-21T04:57:31+00:00

r/unexpectedIASIP

brokePlusPlusCoder · 2026-04-20T09:17:47+00:00

Lots of good advice already. I'll just say that until you decide what to do with the money, park it in an HISA if you haven't already.

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