Hello, I have a situation with a steel knee brace coming into a wood stud wall. This is a residential balcony, I have no input on balcony design. Only being asked to size studs and advise on connections. My question is on the connection of the knee brace to the wall.
Ideally I'd like to...
Hey. I have a PEMB foundation design, and the client want to use "trench" footings. Basically, they want mass concrete for the foundation walls and footings, no piers. The client is a general contractor and it's their PEMB building, so I'm not going to argue with them. I'm curious how anyone...
Hello. I have a pretty typical horizontal crack in the mortar of a cmu basement wall. Unfortunately, this is my own basement. I am a structural engineer, but don't have much experience in this area, and was hoping I could ask a few questions. Some info:
House was built in 1955. Low basement...
This should be simple, but there seems to be different ways to go about it. On the latest practice exam there is a question asking you the allowable capacity of a steel beam, braced at midspan, with a point load. The solution provided determines the LTB capacity of the beam to get the answer...
