List of Contributions

Contact Details

Kansas State University

Institute Ribbons and Badges

Contact information, job title, education, and license are populated by the ASCE Membership database. You can edit your account here. Please allow 12 hours for the changes to appear in ASCE Collaborate. 

Dr. Krishna Ghimire, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE

Kansas State University

Contributions

1 to 3 of 3 total

Weight of soil acting on a shallow foundation

Posted By Krishna Ghimire 02-20-2018 11:43 AM
Found In Egroup: Integrated Buildings & Structures \ view thread
Hello, I am seeking your insights on how to calculate the weight of soil acting on a foundation. There are different opinions on what portion of the soil above the footing should be accounted, for example, to calculate uplift resistance. Fig. (a) through (c) show different boundaries of soil assumed ...

RE: Concrete T-Joints- Dowel Orientation

Posted By Krishna Ghimire 05-26-2017 09:44 AM
Found In Egroup: Integrated Buildings & Structures \ view thread
Soussan, Would you please elaborate why you think that is not a proper design? The figure does not show any U frame (probably you meant U-bar). Those are 90 deg. hooked bars turned inward. ------------------------------ Krishna Ghimire EIT, A.M.ASCE Ph.D. Candidate The University of Kansas ...

RE: Concrete T-Joints- Dowel Orientation

Posted By Krishna Ghimire 05-23-2017 12:24 PM
Found In Egroup: Integrated Buildings & Structures \ view thread
Reinforcement detailing at the bottom of retaining walls and in knee-joints (a beam-column joint where both beam and column terminate at the joint) is still a subject of discussion among researchers. A famous study by Nilsson and Losberg in 1976 [1] demonstrated the proper orientation of reinforcing ...