Thanks for your reply.
I've done some calcs and it's looking pretty difficult to get sufficient moment capacity at the ends. Though I am not
quite sure what depth of the beam I can use at the ends for the maximum moment - whether its the 200 mm or the depth at the column centreline (roughly...
Hi all.
I have a gable end wall, constructed of concrete masonry blocks, which needs to act as a portal frame/moment frame to take lateral loads from wind/earthquake.
This portal frame holds a garage door, spanning 5.4 metres. The lateral loads it is taking come from the masonry walls...
Hi there.
When a simple portal frame has a lateral load applied at the top - is this technically
an axial load into the beam? so is the longitudinal or transverse reinforcement resisting this
load?
Thanks!
