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I poked around in AASHTO a bit again this evening...I'll take another stab at what section I think is relevant....I think section 6.10.8.1.2 would control. 'Discretely braces flanges in tension' and an interaction equation for stresses in the tension flange due to vertical loads and lateral...

I gotcha...well if it is anything more complicated than straight M/S_flange for spans between cross bracing then I'd love to know as well

Not a bridge guy, but I think the relevant section would be 4.6.2.7

My boss is building a PEB office building for us to move into, which was supposed to be delivered in December...we've heard nothing from them and can't even get an estimate on when they think we might get it, as of a phone call this morning. Could be 2022 for all we know. Its a similar industry...

The only time I've seen compression yielding be worth worrying about is in my time doing cell tower retrofits...we would reinforce the pipe tower legs with half pipes of larger diameter welded to the outside. We would check the slivers of unreinforced section of smaller pipe at top and bottom...

As always, eng-tips.com has some good discussions...at least I'm not the first to ask similar questions: Special Masonry Shearwall - Joint Reinforcement - Structural engineering general discussion - Eng-Tips Horizontal Joint Reinforcement in SDC D, MSJC 2011, Special Reinf Masonry Walls -...

Thanks for humoring me EBAT. For the exam I'll probably stick with specifying bond beams at 48" if it is on an afternoon question, because you cannot argue that they don't meet all these requirements, whereas the viability of wire reinforcement in its place is debatable.

My boss at my last job would call out bond beams at 48" or H/3 on his special masonry shear walls. My boss at my current job does not and scoffs when I've suggested it. The first primarily worked on the west coast, the second has only worked on the east coast. Might be a regional thing. I...

Sure, I see where the commentary mentions 48" o.c. being a relic of the past. We still have the spacing requirement of L/3 or H/3 in 7.6.2.3b. For a 10' high wall, this would mean 3.33' spacing of...wire (automatically provided at 16" for all reinforced walls) or bond beams (rebar) I guess...

Sorry for the triple post - 9.3.3.7, in the strength design section, they say wire reinforcement shall be provided at 8" spacing, with (4) minimum 3/16" wires. There is no such provision in the ASD section that I can find. So, lets assume that 7.3.2.6 is not requiring rebar, and that we are...

It is vague enough that I think you could argue either way in practice...but I'd love to know the actual intent of the provisions for exam purposes. I could 'maybe' see arguing that the joint reinforcement is 'embedded in grout' in a fully grouted wall, but in a partially grouted wall I don't...

Thanks for the responses guys. 7.3.2.6, the section about special reinforced walls, is technically SDC blind, but if you are in SDC D E or F, ordinary and intermediate walls are 'not permitted', therefore 7.3.2.6 is implicitly talking about all shear walls in SDC D E or F. I think the code is...

Does anybody know what the purpose of 9.3.3.7 of the masonry code is? Special reinforced masonry shear walls are required to have horizontal reinforcement at these spacings (below), and the highlighted portion says reinforcement shall be embedded in grout, implying that it needs to be rebar...

Plus the ~$1000 I'd have to spend on new references, or at least the $1000 I'd have to convince my boss to pay

Like everybody is saying, if it ain't broke.... I got the same score as you on the PM, A/A/IR/A...I put my pencil down with about 30 seconds to spare. Personally, I skimmed each problem first to try to get a brief understanding of what they're asking (for about 5 minutes total) and then did...

I was confused at first but the question is phrased to ask about taking the exams, not getting licensed...looks like more and more people are taking the exams right out of school. Good for them! I took mine about a year and a half out of school and tell all the young engineers I talk to that...

At this point I wish NCEES would implement an autodraft system to make their collection of my $500 every 6 months easier

Yeah, I sat through all of the vertical lectures in preparation for the April exam that got cancelled.  Leading up to the october exam I only watched a few vertical lectures I wasn't super clear on, and redid all of the homework and quizzes, while I more focused on the lateral class.  I'm...