ISOLATED PAD FOOTING DESIGN WORKED EXAMPLE TO AS3600-2018, WITH SPREADSHEET

The footing of a structure is arguably the most important element. Without strong footings, the structure above will simply not work. This article covers the design philosophy and approach to analysing an isolated footing using the Australian concrete code AS3600.

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CAN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS WORK FROM HOME

The COVID pandemic has forced a world-wide experiment. This experiment revolves around whether or not meaningful work can be proceed from home. Do we need an office? Has office life as we know it changed forever? In this article, I take a specific look at the question, “can Structural Engineers work form home”.

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MODELLING CRACKED SHEAR WALL BEHAVIOUR IN ETABS

There are certain things that are unavoidable in life. Death, taxes and concrete cracking… right? Modelling cracked behaviour of concrete is an important step to ensure that your analysis is accurate and a true representation of the real life behaviour of your structure. This article explores how to model cracked shear wall behaviour in ETABS using stiffness modification factors.

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AS3600-2018 CHANGES: DESIGN OF BEAMS FOR SHEAR, IS THERE A MISTAKE IN THE CODE?

More and more newer projects are adopting the latest revision to the Australian Concrete Design code AS3600. Our previous article covered a small tweak to AS3600 regarding how to treat set downs in a 200mm thick flat plate slab (located HERE). This article will focus on a more significant update to AS3600 which has been a long time coming… This is the substantial revamp of the methodology for designing beams for shear. Lets take a closer look…

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AS3600 CHANGES: SETDOWNS IN 200 FLAT PLATE SLAB FAILS FOR ADEQUACY IN FIRE CASE

The “new” Australian Concrete code AS3600 was released in 2018. Although we are over three years past its release date, we are only now starting to see how Structural Engineers have interpreted some of the AS3600 changes. A quirky and often missed change to AS3600 has been the interpretation of how to treat the fire rating considerations for flat plate slabs with set-downs. Lets jump in and take a closer look…

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PROPERTY TABLES FOR AUSTRALIAN STANDARD STEEL SECTIONS

This page provides all the property tables for Australian standard steel sections. Simply jump to the section type that you are after using the links below. All the steel section properties you need are found within this page. Jump towards the end of the page for a detailed explanation of each property:

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SPAN TO DEPTH RATIO OF SLABS AND BEAMS

Structural Engineering design is an iterative process. Designs usually evolve from early stages (concept) right through to detailed construction drawings. Equally, Structural Engineers have different design tools to assist them in design at every stage in the process. One such tool is the span to depth ratio. It has its place in Structural design from concept phase and even towards the end of detailed design. So lets take a look at what span to depth ratios are and examples of span to depth ratios for slab and beam elements.

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