Coping in W shapes beam
Coping in W shapes beam
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How do you compute the coping of sloping beam w10x12 that will be connect to beam w10x12 with a pitch of 1/4 inch or an angle of 1.19349 degrees?
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RE: Coping in W shapes beam
Usually the steel fabricator does a good job at detailing the cuts.
RE: Coping in W shapes beam
RE: Coping in W shapes beam
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A reasonable sanity check is cutting 1" off top and bottom flange, and 3" deep will provide around 16.8 kips of capacity... again this is only a sanity check and something to help out. The values drop quickly(exponentially) when any of the dimensions or eccentricity changes much.
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As for the slope, you just have to calc it out by hand or draft it...
RE: Coping in W shapes beam
Like Jeb, I avoid running beams into supporting beams of the same depth like the plague.
I have set the supporting beams into the same plane. There is sometimes more work for their connections but a saving of work on the beam connections.
I have stepped roofs keeping the steps level and told the Architect to make the slopes and crickets with rigid insulation (this helps when their boss makes a last minute change to improve the drainage).
As a last resort, shop weld tab plates to the supporting beams so the supported beams can be dropped in and bolted; occasionally, the bottom flange has to be clipped on one side but this is much better than coping. Use friction bolts for this, if you are worried about the eccentricity although that should balance out with beams on two sides.
Michael.
"Science adjusts its views based on what's observed. Faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved." ~ Tim Minchin
RE: Coping in W shapes beam
RE: Coping in W shapes beam
Michael.
"Science adjusts its views based on what's observed. Faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved." ~ Tim Minchin
RE: Coping in W shapes beam
RE: Coping in W shapes beam