Mikeellsmore:
Sounds like you have a similar problem to what we had
here at our mill. We had problems with the volume of
flow from an elevated lagoon thru a HDPE line to a lower
lagoon. The flow was strictly gravity through the line
but the line always is under continuous flow. We looked
for...
HaynewP:
Placing the vapour barrier is done to prevent the migration
of moisture through the slab and to separate the warm air
from the cold. The slab will crack over time, that is a
certainty. Placing the vapour barrier now is insurance
against moisture problems later, provided the building...
Thankyou all for your input. In response to "ghghghgh", the
reason I am spanning over the columns rather than in to the
columns is that the axial load on the columns was at a max
of 26 289 lbs. I checked into an HSS 102x102x6.4 and it
has more than enough capacity to hold up this...
I need to design a steel beam that is in total 80ft long.
It will be supported at each end, and at 20ft spacings by
steel columns underneath the bottom flange. I plan to put
bearing plate caps on the tops of the columns, and weld the
beam, and plate caps to the columns. My question is this...
