Hello,
I am designing a steel stair tower to act as a fire escape for a existing building. I am in seismic category D and I planned to use steel moment frames in one directions and braced frames in the other direction for my seismic system. My questions is am I required to use special moment...
I guess what I meant by different material was really the application of it. In the example they were attaching dry wall to the bottom chord of the truss. In my situation there will be nothing attaching to the bottom chord of the joist. So no dry wall should crack. However, my main concern is...
https://www.mitek-us.com/uploadedFiles/_RedesignSite/Content/documents/engineering/tech-articles/design-tips/Differential%20Deflection.pdf
Above is the link to the differential deflection. I’m thinking this might not apply to joists since they are steel and this is about wood trusses.
I am confused on cambering joists or a steel beam that runs adjacent to a wall. For example, I have seen discussions on only cambering the joist 50% to prevent ponding. However, I seen another post discussing the differential deflection of a wall to a adjacent joist and since your wall wont...
I am on my first project and it is the design of a small building using Cold Form Stud Walls. I have zero experience in cold form and this is my first design project that isn't a foundation. This might seem like a bad question but how do I got about picking the correct stud section for a load...
