Here is a link to recorded webinars by AISC, all of which are free. Yes. http://www.aisc.org/content.aspx?id=31724&linkidentifier=id&itemid=31724 And this one: http://www.aisc.org/uploadedcontent/2011NASCCSessions/n6/
Lateral Earth Pressure II
This post is an extension of a previous post https://howtoengineer.com/retaining-wall-lateral-earth-pressure/ The spreadsheet will use the nomeclature found in NCMA’s Design Manual for Segmental Retaining Walls and Coulomb Theory. See here: Lateral Earth Pressure – Soil Basic 1 Geometry Sketch Also here is a…
Soldier Pile w/ Tieback Design
This is a short post in which I will elaborte on at some point in the future. I am attaching a pdf of a TEDDS calculation that is based on the 1990 California Trenching and Shoring. The design concept is similiar…
Cantilever Soldier Pile Wall Design
Cantilevered Solider Pile Retaining Wall Design I have attached a pdf showing the basics of designing a cantilevered solider pile retaining wall. It is largely based on the California Trenching and Shoring manual. The California trenching and shoring manual is a great design reference for earth retention. However…
Wind Load ASCE 7-05 VS ASCE 7-10
In comparing the 2010 edition to the 2005 edition of the ASCE 7 we see that there are significant changes to the layout, format, load factors used for wind and basic wind speed maps. These changes affect how you determine…
General Diaphragm Design
UPDATED 4/26/12 Maybe I missed that day of class when diaphragm design was covered but for me I do not recall having done any diaphragm design in school. So here is a some basics just to get started and I…