Estimation of preliminary sizes of concrete elements is crucial for the design of structural concrete elements. Initially, the designer has to determine the loads to proceed with the design works that involve calculating the dimensions of concrete members and required ...
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Structural design of foundation, its requirements, calculations and considerations.
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Steel Piles – Types, Advantages, and Disadvantages [PDF]
A steel pile can be a rolled section, a fabricated shape, or a piece of sheet pile. Two or more sections of sheet piles may be connected together in a box shape and driven as one pile. The most important ...
Timber Piles- Advantages, Disadvantages, Classification, and Preventive Treatment [PDF]
Piles are deep foundations which transfer the load of the superstructure deep down in the ground. Piles are basically long slender columnar members which transfer the load of the superstructure to the ground through skin friction or through end bearing. ...
Analysis and Design of RC Wall Footing Based on ACI 318-19
318M-19: Building Code Requirements for Concrete and Commentary The design of wall footing, which is also termed as strip footing, is based on the principles of beam action with only slight modifications. Wall footing should be designed to safely support ...
Construction of Wall Footings – Materials, and Dimensions
Wall footings are pad or spread and strip footings which are used to support structural or nonstructural walls to transmit and distribute the loads to the soil in such a manner that the load-bearing capacity of the soil is not ...
Raft Foundation — Design Requirements and Applicability
A raft or mat foundation is a sizable concrete slab or slab-and-beam system which supports all the loads of superstructure through walls or columns in two or more rows and rests on soil layer or rock. A raft foundation may ...
Footing Bar Bending Schedule (BBS) – Estimation of Steel Quantity
Bar bending schedule (BBS) of an concrete footing provides the reinforcement details and the total steel quantity required for the footing construction. The BBS and quantity of steel reinforcement required for a simply isolated footing are calculated and explained by ...
Trapezoidal Footing Formula
The trapezoidal footing formula is used to determine the volume of a trapezoidal footing from the respective drawing specifications. Here, the trapezoidal footing formula is explained and clarified with the help of an example. Trapezoidal Footing Formula As shown in ...