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What are Case Studies?
Web-based help for the younger, casual, or inexperienced code user:
- Step-by-step approach
- Various structural building systems
- Shows by example how ACI 318, design calculations, and detailing are connected
Case Study Approach
- Present an existing building
- Provide information similar to the way engineers design and detail
- Provide commentary and references to the design and detailing steps
- Design and details meet 318-05 requirements
A Case Study does Not …
- Provide design methods covered in textbooks
- Present the “right” way to design a building
- Discuss design or detailing topics not related to the specific building
Case Study Outline
The study is presented similar to a set of hand calculations. The information is organized in the following order:
- Project Information
- Structural Analysis
- Member Design and Detailing
- Miscellaneous Design and Detailing
- Structural Drawings
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