As an inexperienced engineer, this is my take;
In school from the early 90's, a P.E. was an aspiration point. I left the industry and came back in 2000. Now, the P.E. is just a person that passed the test after a cram course.
After visiting many association meetings and finding basic errors...
To clarify, the stone is cracking near the kerf cut or continuous slot at the bottom of the stone. The support piece is an u-shaped piece with unequal legs. The shorter leg is in the continuous slot.
Our theory is the stone deadload may not be in the correct position along the length of the...
We have a problem with stone cracking the front leg of the kerf.
It has a bottom continous kerf support angle with an upturned leg in the front and anchored at the ends.
My boss has a theory that clearance within the kerf is too small. As the dead load of the stone is applied, the center of...
My boss has a question:
The new seismic moment frame joint found in July Modern Steel Construction and revisited in Sept. 2004 issue consists of a friction type moment connection.
What happens to the connection if the seismic movements pass the limits of the pin-fuse joint?
