Ok. Thanks Jed! Seems the folks who draw up those dimension reference lines would know better than to place the lines at the thin edge of the part, not at the thinnest section of it. I'm learning quite a bit from this question.
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Willing is not enough...
This still seems a bit odd to me, since the charts I've looked at show the tf, or flange thickness, measured at the outer edge of the flange, which on an I beam would be the least thick section. That would mean, at .795, that the outer edge of the flange would be over 3/4" thick. That can't be...
That's it. The chart that I found that on listed the .795 dimension as web thickness, not the flange, and showed no .50 dimension at all. When I searched your entry, it brought up the info on the Engineers Edge site. Thanks very much, azcats. I felt ignorant before. Now I just feel silly. Much...
I just bought a pair of used I beams (S type, not H/WF)that I can't seem to find in any structural steel lists. I bought them from a scrap yard to build a small bridge over a creek on our property.
They are 20"h x 6.25"w (flange)x .50 web thickness. I was told they came from an old building in...
Thanks for the replies, everyone. I was waiting to get email notification, but none came, so sorry it took me so long to reply myself. I spoke with an old friend who is a long time commercial builder, and he told me he would estimate 24"-28" depth of joists, and suggested a center carry beam in...
I'm nearly ready to build the home I've been planning for decades. It will be an earth home, 35'x110', under 2' of soil with the south face exposed and mainly glass. I've hired a good structural engineer to figure wall thicknesses, footings, rebar, and the structural steel for the front wall...
I'm in the planning process of building an earth home, which will have the two side walls, back wall and roof completely covered with 2' of soil. The structure will be 35' x 110', and if possible, I'd like to make it clear span, with no center beam running down the center of the house.
We've...
