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Hello everybody, In ASCE41-13 in formulae (11-8) hef is defined as "height to resultant of seismic force". On FIG. C11-3 the hef is shown as clear height of the opening, for perforated wall. Can somebody please explain me, how these two definitions comply with each other? How relevant ...

Thank you everybody who responded. I was reading every mail with great interest. The sketches were attached because the question was in general. Is wall-to-floor connections require by default? The building is 3 stories high. Plan dimensions are 145'x63'. Height is 43'. Exterior walls are 2' ...

Hello Everybody, I am back to existing buildings. According to my experience most of the existing building that were built more than 100 years ago are stone masonry buildings. In the most cases the floor slabs are Fox and Barrett structure or wood structure. The situation with one of the project ...

Hello everybody, I am new to this site but I already like it. The largest part of the our company work is related to existing building rehabilitation. I spent most of my working time dealing with existing buildings issues. I will be glad to create any connections with the people with ...