Hello all,
Does anyone know why the plate girder design chapter (Chapter E) in the ASD 9th edition was omitted in the 13th edition? With that being said, how would all of you go about designing a tapered plate girder with the current edition? Thanks.
Shaylon
Hello all,
Currently I am working on adding a clerestory to an existing PFMB at a rodeo arena. I am a little stumped on how to do my wind loading calcs. Initially, I have analyzed the building as it stands to know what my capacities are. But now that I am moving on and am trying to determine...
Was I wrong in stating that PEMB suppliers do not design according to AISC standards? If this is true, does anyone know what they use in order to do their design?
I have been searching around the web all day and everything keeps pointing me back to one website (www.mbma.com) and a manual...
Hello all,
I have come across a bit of a unique situation and I was wondering if anyone could help me out a bit. If I am correct, prefab metal building suppliers do not design their structures according to AISC standards. I am faced with the task of designing a sizable addition to an existing...
Hello all. I am trying to design a steel base plate for the column connection of that same canopy I have been working on, but I am having trouble doing so. If anyone could possibly shed some light as to what to do with this I would greatly appreciate it. I have the following condition...
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ToadJones,
Attached is a cross section of the canopy. The holes in the vertical plate members was a requirement noted in an email from the arch. and they do not show up on his section. This is a better overall picture of what he has in mind for this canopy.
For the loading, I have considered...
Hello,
My name is Shaylon and I am new to this site. I have been given the task to design the beam elements for an outdoor canopy. I am running into great difficulty in doing so because the members are to be tapered plates designed as thin as possible with as large and as many holes as...
