I feel like I am going crazy trying to reinvent the wheel so I wanted some additional advice. My office has a detail that they have used a couple of times. It is a pedestal that sees large shears mostly through pipe friction. The pedestal and footing are joined at a construction joint and...
Hello, this has been a discussion between some at my office and I wanted to get some additional opinions because we decided we don't know. NDS Section 3.3.3.4 states "where the depth of a bending member exceeds its breadth, d > b, lateral support shall be provided at points of bearing to prevent...
I have had a general question about how to apply Ch 12 of ASCE 7-16 to nonbuilding structures. More specifically if I have a nonbuilding structure do I have to apply sections like 12.2.3.1 and 12.5.3.1? I have often seen people apply both to nonbuilding structures, but I can't find anything in...
I am attempting to analyze a monorail beam that is supported from above with vertical HSS tubes. It has 5 points of support, 4 internal spans, and one cantilever span at the end. Per the steel manual F1 and App. 6.3 the beam must be restrained against rotation in the longitudinal axis. This beam...
