Design Live Loads for Parking Garages

Design Live Loads for Parking Garages
Author: Y. K. Wen
Publisher: ASCE Publications
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780784474914

Report to the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE. This report provides a better understanding of parking garage live loads and recommends an appropriate value for design. Based on a load survey conducted in nine parking garages in Chicago and Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, and Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts, statistical analyses were carried out of the equivalent uniform distributed loads. These produce the maximum column axial loads and beam midspan moments that the building is expecting to experience during its lifetime. The dynamic amplifications resulting from vehicle motions on the decks and ramps were also investigated, and results suggest a possible reduction of the design live load from the current value of 50 psf, as stipulated in the ASCE-7 and Uniform Building Code, to 40 psf, but with no allowance for reduction according to bay area.

International Building Code 2015

International Building Code 2015
Author: International Code Council
Publisher: International Code Council
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Building
ISBN: 9781609834678

Offers the latest regulations on designing and installing commercial and residential buildings.

Dynamic Loading and Design of Structures

Dynamic Loading and Design of Structures
Author: Andreas Kappos
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 394
Release: 2001-10-11
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780419229308

Until now, information on the dynamic loading of structures has been widely scattered. No other book has examined the different types of loading in a comprehensive and systematic manner, and looked at their signficance in the design process. The book begins with a survey of the probabilistic background to all forms of loads, which is particularly important to dynamic loads, and then looks at the main types in turn: wind, earthquake, wave, blast and impact loading. The relevant code provisions (Eurocode and UBC American) are detailed and a number of examples are used to illustrate the principles. A final section covers the analysis for dynamic loading, drawing out the concepts underlying the treatment of all dynamic loads, and the corresponding modelling techniques. Throughout there is a focus on the modelling of structures, rather than on classical structural dynamics.

2012 International Building Code

2012 International Building Code
Author: International Code Council
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781609830403

Offers the latest regulations on designing and installing commercial and residential buildings.

Structures by Design

Structures by Design
Author: Rob Whitehead
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 844
Release: 2019-07-19
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1315403129

*Winner of the 2021 TAA Textbook Excellence Award* Honorable Mention of the 2021 BTES Book Award Structures by Design: Thinking, Making, Breaking is a new type of structures textbook for architects who prefer to learn using the hands-on, creative problem-solving techniques typically found in a design studio. Instead of presenting structures as abstract concepts defined by formulas and diagrams, this book uses a project-based approach to demonstrate how a range of efficient, effective, and expressive architectural solutions can be generated, tested, and revised. Each section of the book is focused on a particular manner by which structural resistance is provided: Form (Arches and Cables), Sections (Beams, Slabs, and Columns), Vectors (Trusses and Space Frames), Surfaces (Shells and Plates), and Frames (Connections and High-Rises). The design exercises featured in each chapter use the Think, Make, Break method of reiterative design to develop and evaluate different structural options. A variety of structural design tools will be used, including the human body, physical models, historical precedents, static diagrams, traditional formulae, and advanced digital analysis. The book can be incorporated into various course curricula and studio exercises because of the flexibility of the format and range of expertise required for these explorations. More than 500 original illustrations and photos provide example solutions and inspiration for further design exploration.

2018 International Plumbing Code Turbo Tabs, Loose-Leaf Version

2018 International Plumbing Code Turbo Tabs, Loose-Leaf Version
Author: International Code Council
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2017-09-14
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781609837211

An organized, structured approach to the 2018 INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE Loose leaf Version, these TURBO TABS will help you target the specific information you need, when you need it. Packaged as pre-printed, full-page inserts that categorize the IPC into its most frequently referenced sections, the tabs are both handy and easy to use. They were created by leading industry experts who set out to develop a tool that would prove valuable to users in or entering the field.