Spring 2011


Column Design Spreadsheet
Structures Team Spring 2011 Report

Joseph Beaudette
Thomas Shouler
Hyeong Yoon

Spring 2011

This wiki page is mainly for internal PSS communication. For more information about the Plate Settler Spacing team team, go to the Structure Team page.

Structures Team Updates

Structures Team Updates

Detailed Task List

• Determine moment in column at incipient cracking in the tension face and set this moment as our maximum allowable moment
• Transpose our column design calculations to a MathCAD file from Excel
• Convert calculations and tables to the metric system
• Write a MathCAD file that will produce column sizing and spacing given key inputs such as the dimensions of the tank and height of the water; this will include rebar size and amount of rebar used