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RE: ASCE 113 MOP 2nd Edition Application of Seismic Forces on Insulators and Bus

I was the editor of the 113 revision. I just got something in my eMail inbox about this question, and I will check with our committee members that worked on this section and get an answer.

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RE: ASCE 113 MOP 2nd Edition Application of Seismic Forces on Insulators and Bus

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RE: ASCE 113 Substation Structure Design Guide Equation for Decrement Factor, Short Circuit Force

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RE: Wind Load on Solar panels as per Chapter

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Possible Mistake in Chapter 29 ASCE 7-16/22 related to wind load on solar

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ASCE 113 Substation Structure Design Guide Equation for Decrement Factor, Short Circuit Force

Good Afternoon The Equation, in ASCE 113 2nd Edition, for determining values of Short Circuit Forces in Aluminum Rigid Bus in a Substation, is presented in Section 3.1.8.1, Eq. 3-38. To account for partial decay of the DC component of the fault force a Decrement Factor, defined in Eq. 3-42, is...

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Wind Load on Solar panels as per Chapter

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Wind Load on Solar panels as per Chapter

I am currently working on a design of a ballast for an unattached Solar panel to be installed on an existing flat roof. For that I am relying on Chapter 29 of the code And since the ballasts will not be attached and the roof is flat, I am following the requirements of chapter 29.4.3 of ASCE 7-16...

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Soil Site Class of Ground Improved Soil

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Scaling of RSA Results to Match ELF Base Shear for Towers with Podiums/Basements (ASCE 7)