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Allowable compressive load on the saddle using Codeware

Thread starter Greenbee
Start date Oct 7, 2020

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Oct 7, 2020

Greenbee

Mechanical

Fb = n*(As + 2*be*ts)*Sc

What is the As in the equation, how to calculate it for a saddle?

where Sc is allowable compressive stress psi; ts saddle web thickness; n number of saddle ribs;

be = di*ts / [di*ts + 2*tw*(b - 1))]
where di is maximum span of two ribs; b saddle width; tw rib thickness.

Thanks,