Column shear failure

November 7, 2014 at 10:52pm

Minimum Transverse Reinforcement

(Smaller of h1 or h2)
(lc/6)

in)

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Reference
ACI 318-08

NEHRP Seismic Design Technical Brief No. 1 (Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete
Special Moment Frames)
& Other RC Gooks

Approximate UBC Code Maximum Zone Acceleration and

Magnitude
August 13, 2014 at 8:18pm

groun

(magnitude & intensity)

Ready mixed concrete grade

March 29, 2014 at 6:59pm

QH

f'c ~ 0.78 f'c cube (f'c <=3500 psi)

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f'c ~ 0.8 f'c cube (3500<f'c <=5000 psi)

f'c ~ 0.81 f'c cube (5000<f'c <=6000 psi)

Ordinary concrete - M10, M15, M20

Standard Concrete - M25, M30, M35, M40, M45. M50, M55

High

Arching Action in Masonry Wall (Design of Masonry

Lintels)
March 26, 2014 at 10:44pm

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November 9, 2013 at 8:46pm
Falsework, Formwork, Shuttering & Scaffolding

Falsework,

Structure (Temporary Structure

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May 20, 2015 at 9:40pm

Prestressed concrete & Precast concrete

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September 24, 2013 at 2:34pm

September 28, 2013 at 3:49pm

October 7, 2013 at 8:19pm

Retainin

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October 24, 2013 at 1:02am

Sesmic Zone Map of Myanmar

Performance Levels of Structure

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June 21, 2014 at 8:33pm

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July 25, 2014 at 6:44pm
Slab

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August 4, 2014 at 8:53pm

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October 15, 2014 at 11:23pm
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November 15, 2014 at 11:28pm
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September 5, 2015 at 3:29pm
Steel Structure

Site Engineer's Note (1)

October 15, 2013 at 8:59pm
I Building Materials

1. Steel
Unit weight = 490 lb/ft3

d2/162 (kg/m), where d=diameter in mm

25mm = 21 no

22mm = 27 no
20mm = 33 no
18mm = 41 no
16mm = 53 no
12mm = 88 no
10mm = 135 no

8mm = 0.395 kg/m, 1ton=2531m, 1 viss = 13.35 = 13'4"

6.5mm = 0.26 kg/m, 1ton=3834m, 1 viss = 20.22 = 20'3"

2. Cement
1 bag = 50 kg = 112 lb (Including bag) = 1.2 cft

3. Brick
Brick wt = 6 lb>8lb

4. Sand & Stone

=

5. Wood
1 ton = 50 cft

II Ready mixed concrete grade

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G 20 = 20 MPa = 2900 psi

G 25 = 25 MPa = 3625 psi
G 30 = 30 MPa = 4350 psi
G 35 = 35 MPa = 5075 psi
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f'c ~ 0.78 f'c cube (f'c
f'c ~ 0.8 f'c cube (3500<f psi="">
f'c ~ 0.81 f'c cube (5000<f psi="">

Ordinary concrete - M10, M15, M20

Standard Concrete - M25, M30, M35, M40, M45. M50, M55
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Site Engineer's Note (2)

October 19, 2013 at 12:24am
III Specification

1. Sanitary

Down Feed Distribution System

Reference (for a to e) : Guidelines for High-Rise Building Construction Projects

(Sanitary) - CQHP
Reference (for f) : Basic Civil Engineering & Building Construction

Table 1.
Population Equivalent

Table 3 & Table

4

2. Standard Bar Hooks

Stirrup

3. Splice Locations and Lengths for Beams & Columns

4. Cutoff or Bend Points for Beams and One-Way Slabs

5. Concrete Covers


September 26, 2013 at 8:02pm
Splice Locations for beams & columns

column f


September 28, 2013 at 8:22pm
Importance of "Moment of Inertia" in Structural Engineering

Moment


(resistance t

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Rectangular s
I(xx)=(bd^3)/12)
I(yy)=(db^3/12)
where, b=width of the section, d=depth of the section
The axes x-x and y-y are passing through the centroid and x-x axis is parallel to the
width of the section and y-y axis is parallel to the depth

Circular
I(xx)=I(yy)=(phi D^4)/64
where, D=diameter of the section

October 5, 2013 at 9:18pm

Strength of concrete for various ages

x 28 days strength
x 28 days strength
x 28 days strength

x 28 days strength
x 28 days strength
x 28 days strength
y

fcm(t) =f28{t/(4+0.85t)}


October 25, 2013 at 11:01pm
High-rise building & high-strength concrete

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12,000 psi (82.7 MPa)

Two Prudential Plaza* Chicago 1989 (above 800 ft)
311 South Wacker Drive*Chicago 1989 (above 900 ft)
y

99

One Peachtree Center* Atlanta 1991 (above 800 ft)

12,500 psi (86 MPa)

Trump Palace* New York City 1991 (above 600 ft)

14,000 psi (96.5 MPa)

Dain Bosworth Tower* Minneapolis 1991 (above 500 ft)
225 West Wacker Drive* Chicago 1988 (above 300 ft)

17,000 psi (117.2MPa)

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19,000 psi (131.0Mpa)

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ve 600 ft)

* Reinforced concrete frame

** Also includes one experimental column of 17,000 psi

member

Reference Concrete Technology Today - High Strength Concrete (Portland Cement Association)
http://www.ejse.org/Archives/Fulltext/200101/01/20010101

November 6, 2013 at 9:04pm

Civil Engi

- Civi
1) MS Office (especially excel)

2) Autocad or other drawing software (especially 2D drawings)

ether

want to go design fields or not)

ETABS & SAFE, STAAD Pro


December 6, 2013 at 11:29pm

hundredweight or centum wei

AG - agitating truck
DPC - damp-proof course
EIA - environmental impact assessment
QS - quantity surveyor

April 14, 2014 at 10:59am

Tension Failure & Compression Failure

Failur

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August 19, 2014 at 9:16pm

Ground Beam & Ground Floor Slab Weight

September 4, 2014 at 3:08am

Can 100 % lap splice be permitted?

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9 y-

(Reference; ACI 318-08)

October 21, 2014 at 10:45pm

1) Structural Mechanics
2) Mechanics of Materials
3) Structural Analysis
4) Design
5) Geotechnical Engineering

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1) Reinforced Concrete Design

2) Structural Steel Design
3) Fundamental of Structural Analysis

1) Structural Mechanics
y

y
Force

2) Mechanics of Materials

3) Structural Analysis
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Engineering Mechanics of Solids by Egor. P. Popov

Mechanics of Materials by R.C. Hibbeler
DYNAMICS OF STRUCTURES by Anil K. Chopra

4) Design (RC, Steel, etc)

Design of Concrete Structures by Arthur H. Nilson

Steel Structures Design and Behavior by Charles G. Salmon

Handbook of structural steel connection design and detail by Akbar R. Tamboli

SCI P207 Moment Connections
SCI P212 Simple Connections

5) Geotechnical Engineering

Principles of Foundation Engineering by Braja M. Das

Geotechnical Engineering Handbook by Braja M. Das
FOUNDATION ANALYSIS AND DESIGN by Joseph E. Bowles, RE., S.E.

November 29, 2014 at 6:40pm

Different concrete strength of column & floor

-H

(ACI 10.12)

(ACI 10.12.1)

concre

(ACI 10.12.2)

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96440573910437/
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January 27, 2015 at 11:02am
About Curing

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Structural Safety
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1) Variability in Strength

2) Variability in Loadings

3) Consequences of Failures
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load r

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Struct

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Ref: Reinforced Concrete Mechanics & Design by James K. Wight & James G.
MacGregor
Design of Concrete Structures by Arthur H. Nilson
Introduction to Design for Civil Engineers by R. S. Narayanan and A. W. Beeby