Soft storey is generally present at the entrance (bottom) floors of the buildings. Because entrance floors of the buildings are utilized as bank branches, storeys, restaurants, offices, car parking and the upper storeys are used as dwellings. Soft storey is an irregularity which affects the behavior of a construction during…
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Appropriate Live Load
My understanding and explanation is as follows: Mass of the specified live load: In IS: 875, the live load is specified as uniformly distributed load over the slab area. The real live load is not uniformly distributed but small loads are distributed as concentrated loads on finite area. They are…
Jeddah Tower
Jeddah Tower was calculated in five different Structural Software Programs to be sure about results. The tallest building in the world is one thousand meters high and was specified in reinforced concrete with an 85 MPa strength. Which Structural Analysis Software does make you feel safer? How do you calibrate…
Compressive Strength of Concrete
Compressive strength or compression strength is the capacity of a material or structure to withstand loads tending to reduce size, as opposed to which withstands loads tending to elongate. In other words, compressive strength resists being pushed together, whereas tensile strength resists tension (being pulled apart). In the study of…