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Tuesday, 17 June 2025

🚧 Why Your Beam Fails the Lateral Bracing Check in SMF Design — And How to Fix It! How to Fix Lb/ry > 0.086·E/Fy Errors in Etabs

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Designing structural steel systems in seismic zones comes with a unique set of challenges. One of the most commonly misunderstood — and ofte...
Sunday, 15 June 2025

Steel Section Compactness Calculator (OMF, IMF, SMF)

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Compactness Check Calculator I Section Rectangular HSS Angle Round HSS I Section Dimensio...
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Thursday, 28 November 2024

Bored Pile minimum Tie Reinforcment as per Eurocode

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  Introduction When designing bored piles, ensuring adequate tie reinforcement is crucial for structural integrity and compliance with stand...
Tuesday, 19 November 2024

Step-by-Step Lift Load Calculation with Practical Example

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  Lift Load Calculation: A Practical Example Let’s break down a scenario for a lift with a capacity of 1500 kg and evaluate the imposed loa...
Sunday, 18 August 2024

Tension-Only Members in STAAD.Pro: Managing Direct Analysis and PDELTA (STABILITY ANALYSIS)

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Tension-Only Members and Direct Analysis in STAAD.Pro Problem Statement: When running a Direct Analysis in STAAD.Pro, you may encounter iss...
Monday, 25 March 2024

HOW TO CALCULATE WEAK STOREY (IRREGULARITY CHECK)

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A weak storey is one in which the storey lateral strength is less than 80% of that in the storey above. The storey lateral strength is the t...
Saturday, 23 March 2024

Solution for OS#2, OS#5 and OS#35 in ETABS

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WARNING O/S #5 : This warning means Pu > 0.75 Pc Probable Solutions : Calculate and insert the actual value of k  Decrease the axia...