WOOD MOMENT FRAME
WOOD MOMENT FRAME
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Hi,
Is it possible to build wood moment frame ?(for residential usage,like under the roof of the balcony).
If yes,how should I connect them together and to the foundation?
Thanks in advance.
Is it possible to build wood moment frame ?(for residential usage,like under the roof of the balcony).
If yes,how should I connect them together and to the foundation?
Thanks in advance.






RE: WOOD MOMENT FRAME
I think you would be farther ahead to use some knee bracing.
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Dinosaur!, The G.L.B. would be fine, the only thing is designing the connections, is there a book that shows how to design wood moment frame connections ?
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The glulam frames I have seen in the past are actually three hinged arches. The bottom two hinges are restrained by casting steel U-shaped pieces into a substantial concrete slab. The arches are then set inside the U-shaped cup and lean against one another at midspan (the pak of the roof). There are a large number of contemporary churches constructed this way beginning sometime in the 1960s.
To support a balcony, you may be able to stand one half arch up and restrain the bottom toe, but restraining the knee would be a difficult matter. It sounds as if you want to retrofit a balcony onto an existing structure. This makes the problem more complicated since we have to deal with the existing structure as well. Good Luck.
RE: WOOD MOMENT FRAME
specially Dinosaur!.