Unusual Canopy Connection 12

[dik]

I have an unusual canopy connection with W12x30 beams framing into an HSS 8x8x0.375 column. They connect at different levels. There is a continuation of the beam on the opposite side of the column. I'm planning to field weld 5/8" end plates on the beam ends to the face of the columns as shown. Does anyone have any concerns about this approach? Worked a better approach. Thanks...

 

[XR250]

I'm not so sure... my first 2-D frame program was written so it could run in 64K RAM by swapping 5-1/4" floppies.

Well I hope you are still not using it!

 

[dik]

But this is one that is different from what you used

It's the same as the Eq. 9-30 that I added. I checked it for both U values (compression and tension and used Fc to include axial load) to calculate Qf (Qf = 0.81 for compression). It still works... but just.

 

[dik]

Well I hope you are still not using it!

Recoded it decades back to eliminate disk swapping. Current rig has 64G RAM... a real change.

 

[EngDM]

It's the same as the Eq. 9-30 that I added. I checked it for both U values (compression and tension and used Fc to include axial load) to calculate Qf (Qf = 0.81 for compression). It still works... but just.

I meant different from your original.

 

[dik]

OK... I'll check to see if there's an equivalent to the formula... I just added it as another check to my SMath program.

Thanks...

 

[JAE]

You guys are old....

 

[dik]

ou guys are old....

I'll be 76+2 in a couple of months... and still playing engineer.