In the last two years I've started to do a lot more residential, both steel and wood frame. One situation I keep running into is having an HSS column within an exterior stud wall (sometimes the studs are load bearing, sometimes not) at the request of the architect. When you get down to the...
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Currently working on my first Girder-Slab project. For those of you unfamiliar, the general concept is that you have hollow core precast planks bearing on "D-Beams", steel beams formed from the bottom half of a castellated beam + a top flange plate, with a grouting/reinforcing layout...
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We're working on a project using 240k capacity piles, in groups of 2 through 6. Pile diam = 18", spaced 27" O.C. typically. I've done my design using 3D strut-and-tie models, using tie forces to size the bottom reinforcing bars, and using normal one-way (never governs due to all...
I'm currently working on a bolted flange plate moment connection for a single story parking garage. I'm just out of college so I've been cutting my teeth with this connection; it's the first time I've had extensive experience with any real connection design, actually. We were originally were...
