Tapered Plate Design Help
Tapered Plate Design Help
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Hello,
My name is Shaylon and I am new to this site. I have been given the task to design the beam elements for an outdoor canopy. I am running into great difficulty in doing so because the members are to be tapered plates designed as thin as possible with as large and as many holes as possible while remaining structurally sound. I am fresh out of college and I am trying to build a knowledge base as to where to go with questions and guidance so I am turning to you guys. From the threads and postings I have read, there is a great deal of knowledge here and I am hoping that someone can help me out and point me in the right direction.
At the deep end, the plates are to be 33.668" and are to taper down to 3.5". Please see the attached file for further requirements, plate geometry, and canopy layout. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Shaylon
My name is Shaylon and I am new to this site. I have been given the task to design the beam elements for an outdoor canopy. I am running into great difficulty in doing so because the members are to be tapered plates designed as thin as possible with as large and as many holes as possible while remaining structurally sound. I am fresh out of college and I am trying to build a knowledge base as to where to go with questions and guidance so I am turning to you guys. From the threads and postings I have read, there is a great deal of knowledge here and I am hoping that someone can help me out and point me in the right direction.
At the deep end, the plates are to be 33.668" and are to taper down to 3.5". Please see the attached file for further requirements, plate geometry, and canopy layout. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Shaylon






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Is the central mast somehow not plumb?
I am having a hard time picturing this thing.
Is it only comprised of a single central column and a bunch radially projecting "fins"?
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Attached is a cross section of the canopy. The holes in the vertical plate members was a requirement noted in an email from the arch. and they do not show up on his section. This is a better overall picture of what he has in mind for this canopy.
For the loading, I have considered a balanced snow load acting on the whole area and an unbalanced load where the lower portion (from the column to the low edge) gets the full snow load while the upper portion (from the column to the high edge) gets only half of the snow load.
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