Capacity of doubled wood lagging
Capacity of doubled wood lagging
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Does anyone know of a simple way to calc. the capacity of a double layer of 4x12 lagging in a soldier beam installation? This is a cost issue. Researching 'beam on elastic foundation' leads only to finite element, differential eqn. solutions. There must be a simpler way. Thanks.





RE: Capacity of doubled wood lagging
Not knowing the conditions here though, I would suggest that if you need double lagging, then your soldier pile are too far apart, and driving up the size of the soldier pile too.
Have you considered the reducing effects of any possible soil arching effect between the soldier pile, which would reduce the load to the lagging?
Mike McCann
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RE: Capacity of doubled wood lagging
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