Hypothetical/Academic question:
Say we have an HSS3x3x1/4 fillet welded all around to a base plate. HSS is subject only to flexure. How do you calculate the capacity of the weld when the HSS has no workable flat?
Is there anything in the SJI standard that requires all joists to be designed for a ___# add load, or does it have to be designated in the structural drawings for that to happen?
Looking at adding a new exhaust fan to an existing roof (designed in 1983, H series joists) and am seeing that we...
I am designing concrete grade beams spanning to drilled piers to support 2 floors of data hall and a roof. Our detail has longitudinal reinforcing continuous over the drilled pier with the drilled pier verticals extending into the grade beam with a 180deg hook (see picture). I am looking into...
