Search results for query: *

I have 2 DIFFERENT SIZE wide flange beams in a cantilever construction( beam over column) to be welded in the field. 1. Can I weld the beams along their webs ONLY(Butt weld) without going for one sided or both sided plates and still achieve the transfer of shear from one beam to other? 2...

I was into steel tower designing and currently working on a design of warehouse steel building. I have a brace frame(8mx 6m high) for resisting lateral wind(100kn) with X-bracing. Brace forces are: 1) 125kn (tension only or compression only brace) 2) 51.6kn tension, 73.4kn compression (...

How is "joist shoe depth" related to the stability or any other structural related concept? Is there any minimum and maximum limits for shoe depth? Anybody, please advise.

Thanks for the reply.

I have a beam spanning 9m and connected to column at each end by simple connection. I also have a wind column at 4.5 m to take girt, in between these columns and I want to connect this to beam above by a "vertically slotted connecton". My doubts are as follows: 1. Do I have to design the...

So if we are following latest codes, then we can say that the designed structure will stand for another 50 years at least, taking into account the maintenance and other unseen factors? What about the life of structure if after 20 years new code revisions suggests that the building is no longer...

When we design a steel/concrete building, how can we predict the life of that structure? Do all the newly designed buildings have same life?

Can anybody clarify my followinG doubts about column end conditions: 1. A steel column with base plate and 2 or 4 anchors and 300 below finish floor is considered as "fixed" support or "pinned" support in analysis. 2. In cantilever beam construction, the column end with a W beam resting on...