This New York skyscraper had a 1-in-16 chance of collapse.

[saveasteading]

There are, or used to be some very large water tanks I designed for a hospital and a coal mine...probably both now built over. Plus some holding back the North Sea which I know are still there or we would all have read about it.  Plus a couple of bridges and basements. So any questions on concrete retaining walls design or construction are welcome now or at any time, but in a new thread.

 

26 minutes ago, Nickfromwales said:

The cast one. 

How would I find this thread?

[Nickfromwales]

3 minutes ago, saveasteading said:

There are, or used to be some very large water tanks I designed for a hospital and a coal mine...probably both now built over. Plus some holding back the North Sea which I know are still there or we would all have read about it.  Plus a couple of bridges and basements. So any questions on concrete retaining walls design or construction are welcome now or at any time, but in a new thread.

 

How would I find this thread?

I think his content got exported, when he took a break from here. 
 

I’ve checked and his profile has a link to the off site blog, but it’s a dead end.

[-rick-]

Back when I first found this forum I caught up with Jeremy's blog using the wayback machine. I assume it still works if you try that.

[Nickfromwales]

9 minutes ago, -rick- said:

Back when I first found this forum I caught up with Jeremy's blog using the wayback machine. I assume it still works if you try that.

Boatloads of high-value info in there tbf!!

 

[SteamyTea]

20 minutes ago, saveasteading said:

but in a new thread

Start one about overturning forces, in a moment.

 

 

[Gus Potter]

23 hours ago, Iceverge said:

The vertical stanctions I have in my head as orange.

It looks like what you are intending to do is to create a horizontally spanning wall, hence your placement of the rebar on the outside face as the load is from the inside outwards. 

 

I have my doubts as to whether your framework is strong enough for it to work this way. Your column to rafter connection looks iffy and the timber bolted joint between the bracing and rafter will likely not pass a design check.

 

For economic wall design for grain or cattle we often run a cee channel  along the top of the wall and this way we convert into a two way spanning wall. But for all that to work we need a decent steel frame and we need to be careful around openings as these interrupt the spanning assumptions. 

 

My feeling is that your steel frame is too slender and flexible thus you maybe just want to see if it can resist the wind load and snow load alone and then design the grain / cattle wall to be free standing. 

 

If you are willing to install a good thickness of floor slab then you can use that to restrain the vertical cantilever wall.. with a good amount of rebar.