I'm struggling to wrap my head around this concept. Suppose I have a ledger angle with a load acting downward (in the direction of gravity) at the end of its leg. When using anchor design software, should I account for both the tension caused by prying and the shear from the load? Or is failure...
I am designing a 1:12 ramp that slopes up 3/4" to cover a gap discrepancy in the construction. The issue I have is at the top of my ramp is a 1/4" plate that's only 24" long. According to section 405.7 I need a 60" long landing which "changes in level is not premitted". Well section 304.2...
I've been following some old calculations to determine the tension load on the anchor but now I'm second guessing on weather this is really right. Previously the tension load for image was determined based on the free body:
1) [Fixed] --- b --- [PIN]
where the moment was found and divided by...
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I working on a number of connection calculators so that I can easily paste them into my work. The issue I am having is with stainless steel screw connections and that I cannot find a clear standard to calculate their capacity. AISC A370 and Design Guide 27 for the most part...
I'm in the process of updating my calculations to comply with the 2015 manual, specifically referring to part 1, chapters F4.1 (2010) and chapter 2 for the yielding limit state. It appears that the flexural strength has increased from 1.3 to 1.5. I'm curious if anyone knows the reason behind...
I have a triangular composite deck that's fully supported on one leg and pinned on the others. I need to determine if my pourstop can carry a wheel load all the way back to the support when the deck tapers out. So I have 3 layers of reinforcments to spread the load. The first one is the deck...
My general situations is that my door say weights 300 lbs and it being held up on hinges. Would gravity contribute to keeping it close? Or can I apply any force and theorically it would swing open. My experience is that the weight would contribute but drawing the free body would only show...
I have an old reference from Sierra Pacific for Continious Hinge capacities and I want to find a more updated document/guide and I can't see to find any except the one from BHWA but that's a paid reference. And it looks like it's just a testing procedure. Does any have a design guide for...
I'm designing a road plate and I want to know the length of the plate can I use to resist bending from a wheel load? The plate will be simply supported and free on the other sides.
I know that there is a nailing pattering for built up wood beam. I'd like to know if there's a similar pattern/ standard for back to back channels to be used as beams.
I have an assignment in which I am to propose a wastewater treatment design for Smila in the Ukraine. I need to write a 5 page proposal design but I do not know where to start. Do you have an idea of where I should start? I've looked at wiki list wastewater treatment technologies but it all seem...
