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Hello, We use the following connection for our plate settler frames inside basins for water treatment plants. My question is do I need to consider moments on the anchorage into the concrete due to the eccentricity of the connection of the beam web in relation to the anchors? Or do I just...

Hello, I work at a wastewater equipment design and manufacturing company. One of our products is storage hopper that is typically placed on structural steel framing beneath. The foot is bolted through the beam flange. Would the loading be considered 4x point loads? Where could I find the...

Hello All, One of my products is a sludge storage hopper with live bottom screw conveyor. For this equipment, we design the hopper shell and live bottom trough as separate components. These are connected by a large bolted flange. Our typical design is to use L6x6x3/8” structural stainless steel...

Thank you much. Additionally, is there any specification which states when to use washers on both the bolt and the nut?

Hello All, I was wondering if there is any AISC Standard which discusses how structural joint fasteners should be assembled? ie Bolt - Joint - Washer - Nut or Bolt - Washer - Joint - Nut. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Justin

Hello All, Could someone please help point me in the right direction to find formulas for the attached continuous beam?http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=b77a63f6-1960-4562-930d-aff33f3666a7&file=CONTINUOUS_BEAM.pdf

Thanks for the responses. My mentor is around 72 now, so not quite sure where he got it. Could anyone point me in the direction to check the lateral torsional buckling properly?

Hello All, I am currently working on a design of a simple monorail system. Some of my old mentors spreadsheets has a "Lateral Stability Ratio" which can not exceed 40. The equation is the length of the beam divided by the width of the beam. Does this sound familiar to anyone? If so, could you...

Hello All, I have been tasked to see if a 1 ton capacity 10' span suspended boom jib crane can safely be mounted to an existing I beam in our warehouse. I am a young design engineer so this is a little out of my wheelhouse. I have read over the Design Concepts for Jib Cranes paper written by...