07-20-2009, 06:27 AM
Robertsas,
I normally assume the last wall between the last two floors as a deep beam (as ilustrated in ciria publication of deep beam, but unfortunately it did not address this type of design) spanning across piles. I have completed a few project with the same assumption but those are less critical ( and i was very conservative at those time). The current one, i have 3 floors basement, i.e., 4 floors loading going into the deep beams. Hope my explanation is clear here. if not, i can elaborate. thks for showing interest.
I normally assume the last wall between the last two floors as a deep beam (as ilustrated in ciria publication of deep beam, but unfortunately it did not address this type of design) spanning across piles. I have completed a few project with the same assumption but those are less critical ( and i was very conservative at those time). The current one, i have 3 floors basement, i.e., 4 floors loading going into the deep beams. Hope my explanation is clear here. if not, i can elaborate. thks for showing interest.
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