wimp
Active member
1) in the AASHTO load combination chart, how do you know which load group to use? for instance, if I have dead, live, and impact loads to consider, should I use "I" or "IA"?
2) Is there a code prescribed method for distributind wind loads to the floors in a multi-story building? Or, do we simply figure out what the wind load at that particular floor height would be and go from there?
3) example 2.3 on page 2-4 of the SERM. Where do they get 8.48 ft-K ?? is this a mistake?
4) Seismis and Wind Forces by Alan Williams says....
(page 41) for seismis response coeff Cs max value is Sds(I)/® and computed value is Sd1(I)/(RT)
code says opposite. Where am I going wrong?
5) General Frames....please clear up a fairly basic question for me. How do I determine when a frame is internally and externally determinate.
thanks for all your input in advance
2) Is there a code prescribed method for distributind wind loads to the floors in a multi-story building? Or, do we simply figure out what the wind load at that particular floor height would be and go from there?
3) example 2.3 on page 2-4 of the SERM. Where do they get 8.48 ft-K ?? is this a mistake?
4) Seismis and Wind Forces by Alan Williams says....
(page 41) for seismis response coeff Cs max value is Sds(I)/® and computed value is Sd1(I)/(RT)
code says opposite. Where am I going wrong?
5) General Frames....please clear up a fairly basic question for me. How do I determine when a frame is internally and externally determinate.
thanks for all your input in advance
