Design Steel Hinge for Wood Beam
Design Steel Hinge for Wood Beam
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I have a ridge beam that protudes out of a residence. The end of the beam wroughted, and I was going to remove the end of the beam and use a steel plate with bolts to connect the new beam to the old beam at the hinge. I do not design with steel, and was wondering what I need to consider when calcing sufficiency for the plate and bolts. Any references to code CBC 2001 or LRFD would be much appreciated. Thanks.






RE: Design Steel Hinge for Wood Beam
RE: Design Steel Hinge for Wood Beam
RE: Design Steel Hinge for Wood Beam
RE: Design Steel Hinge for Wood Beam
Use something like 6mm plate each side and design for connection to the timber beam, that will be the weak link.
BTW I don't understand "The end of the beam wroughted". Is this equivalent to the Aussie term "rooted"?
RE: Design Steel Hinge for Wood Beam
I think he means rotted (same thing really but a bit more polite).
smokiibear,
your critical thing will be the bolt stress on the timber calculate this and see how rediculous the number of bolts is. You may decide to do it another way. I doubt that the steel design will be an issue.
Another way is to avoid the splice altogether and just slide another cantilevered joist beside it (continued under the internal floor the same distance with a couple of bolts into the adjacent joist at the end).
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RE: Design Steel Hinge for Wood Beam
RE: Design Steel Hinge for Wood Beam
RE: Design Steel Hinge for Wood Beam