Suitable Slab Section For A Load of 5 Tons

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Gowin Pande Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 5	Suitable Slab Section For A Load of 5 Tons 05/07/2013 1:23 AM
	we want to install a 5 tons die head of 1.5 meters diameter and a height of 1.5 meters . I want to know slab suitable to bear the load .
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Anonymous Poster #1	#1 Re: Suitable Slab section for a load of 5 Tons 05/07/2013 1:45 AM
	You better have a slab that can at least take 1.5 times the load you put on it! But bear in mind it is just my little engineering brain that tells me this. Load plus safety. I also think you should make the support wider than the 1.5 m. I'd go with a concrete slab with cement in it. But again not sure about this. Hopefully you can give us some more information about the die head and the surroundings as I might miss some vital information from your post with my answer . . .
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SolarEagle Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: by the beach in Florida Posts: 33392 Good Answers: 1817	#2 Re: Suitable Slab section for a load of 5 Tons 05/07/2013 1:55 AM
	This should have all the information you need.... http://www.acmc-ngo.org/pdf/paper%2010.pdf __________________ All living things seek to control their own destiny....this is the purpose of life
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PWSlack Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In the bothy, 7 chains down the line from Dodman's Lane level crossing, in the nation formerly known as Great Britain. Kettle's on. Posts: 32175 Good Answers: 839	#3 Re: Suitable Slab section for a load of 5 Tons 05/07/2013 3:44 AM
	Without knowing what the ground conditions are, how about a dozen concrete railway sleepers laid huffalo-dowd? __________________ "Did you get my e-mail?" - "The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place" - George Bernard Shaw, 1856
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Fredski Guru Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 7025 Good Answers: 207	#4 Re: Suitable Slab section for a load of 5 Tons 05/07/2013 8:50 AM
	you might be fine but consulting a website such as this isn't your smartest choice. no one here knows what the original soil conditions were, no perk test, no slump test, no PSI ratings on the concrete that was used, no reinforcing data, etc, you simply have a diameter which resally tells you nothing.
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lyn Guru Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 42355 Good Answers: 1693	#5 Re: Suitable Slab section for a load of 5 Tons 05/07/2013 9:00 AM
	1" thick steel will work fine. Since you give no useful information, make it 2" steel just to be safe.
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CaptMoosie Guru Join Date: May 2009 Location: Red Hook, New York (Mid-Hudson River Valley) Posts: 4362 Good Answers: 179	#6 Re: Suitable Slab Section For A Load of 5 Tons 05/07/2013 1:35 PM
	First off, the OP has not shared a great deal of info. The biggest question in my mind is whether this slab is on-grade, or a suspended one? Also, why is the OP using 2 different measurements systems? Or is that METRIC TONS in lieu of standard English tons? It makes a great bit of difference!!!! No in-situ soil composition data and allowable soil bearing strengths. No mention of concrete and rebar types and strengths. No mention is the piece of equipment is rotating or not....vibrations (due to equipment going out of balance...and yes that is a primary design condition concern!) will undoubtedly increase the size of a foundation or a suspended slab. Will vibration isolators be installed? My list goes on and on...... __________________ "Veni, Vidi, Vici"; hendiatris attributed to Gaius Julius Caesar, 47 B.C.
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MR. Guest Guru Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: ''but, don't we get PAID to ask questions?...'' Posts: 1661 Good Answers: 17	#7 Re: Suitable Slab Section For A Load of 5 Tons 05/15/2013 11:49 PM
	First, where to you want to do this? (Who/what) agenc(y/ies) (has/have) approval authority to permit such a structure? What local, state, regional, and/or national Codes apply? Where is the (geotechnical report)? Why is there not a consulting (Structural Engineer) involved yet? How does the proposed slab (fit) into the existing facility as said facility currently (operates)? What is the range-of-activity of the proposed (equipment), after installation? Etc., etc., etc, ... __________________ ''illigitimi non carborundum...''(i.e.: don't let the fatherless (self-deluding,sabotaging, long-term-memory-impaired, knee-jerking, cheap-shotting, mono-syllabic, self-annointed, shadow-lurking, back-biting, off-topic-inquisitors) grind you down...)
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