out that tie beam or floor to put in a service trench or a new truck dock.
Gary
Truitt Vance wrote:
>
> Looking for some opinion here:
>
> I am designing the pads under some columns on a steel PEMB for uplift:
>
> Is it common to use the dead weight for a reasonable length of the tie
> beams intersecting the pads under the columns of a PEMB? Is it common
> to use the weight contribution from a reasonable area of the slab?
>
> If yes, how would you justify that with calcs? (ie: "FBD cut at the
> location where you assumed the contribution of dead weight ended and
> design for the self weight?)
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> Truitt Vance, P.E.
>
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