I have no idea why they were trying to force wood calcs into the steel format, but they have now changed it to a format compatable with the NDS. One of many, many revisions they have made in the first few months of vesion 6's existance
I am working with a precast concrete manufacturer who has installed some chess tables and chairs in a park. Some of the table tops have broken loose from the pedestals that support them. I need to engineer a conncetion between the pedestal and table top. Does anyone know of a standard that...
The term duration of load refers to the accumulated length of time that a load is applied during the life of the structure, not just for a single application of the load, therfore, even if the load will not ever be applied for more than 7 days in a row, you still cannot apply the duration factor.