I am designing a three storey curved building, and cannot locate a method to determine the overall wind pressure on the building.
Can someone please give me a reference (book, paper etc...) which would outline how to calculate the wind loads
thanks
Alex
I am getting back into designing steel buildings...I understand the methodology/theory behing the diaphragm transfering the external wind/EQ loads out to the bracing through, mainly, shear.
I seem to have forgotten how the roof diaphragm works when wind/EQ is acting in direction 2 (ie the...
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I am evaluating the amount of lateral support that I can consider for the attached sketch. The beam will have joists hung from it at 400 mm o.c. (on the bottom) and will be connected to a roof diaphragm near the centre of the beam. My question is about the unsupported lenght of the beam...
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I am evaluating a wood joist joint that involves loading some common wire nails in shear. Basically the joint is simple, involving nails driven through a spandrel joist, and into the end grain of a floor joist (see attached). Typically, I have used joist hangers for this application...
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I have a bit of experience with wood design, have done walls, joists, spec'd trusses etc... I am getting into some design of LVL/Glulam type beams, and am having a hard time finding any useful information (on the internet) on what, in general, these products are, how they are made, and...
