Building steel girder system structure determinate/stable?
Building steel girder system structure determinate/stable?
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Is the attached structure determinate/stable?
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Building steel girder system structure determinate/stable?
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RE: Building steel girder system structure determinate/stable?
Look at it again. The structure is both stable and determinate.
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RE: Building steel girder system structure determinate/stable?
Your arrangement is determinate and can be made to be stable, and can be erected in a stable fashion. But, there may be a slightly more efficient arrangement in terms of beam/girder sizing. Starting at the left reaction, call the reactions R1, R2, R3..., etc., and label the beams B1, B2, B3..., etc. Starting from the left; B1 cantilevers over R2 to a hinge point; then B2 is a short hanger; B3 cantilevers over R3 and R4, in both directions; B4 is a short hanger from R5, out to the hinge on the right end of B3. This will probably result in sightly lighter beams than your arrangement. And, the whole scheme may be partially defeated if you have to consider snow drifting and alternate live loading. In the U.S. we call this cantilever construction, in Canada they call these a Gerber Beam System. Search Gerber Beams on this forum for other discussions and a good paper on this subject.
Be careful placing beams on top of columns, the beams and columns tend to form a hinge laterally, at the col. cap and beam bearing pl. This joint must be strengthened or braced in some way. Also, be careful not to place a beam hinge point at the same location where a stl. jst. or perpendicular beam frames onto or into the girder. You can’t make all the connections work well, or at all.
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Number of independent members, n = 4
Total number of reactions (after breaking each member out), r = 8
Number of equations in co-planer system (excluding x-dir) = 2
2n must equal r for determinate, stable structure (and it does)
r>2n would have made it stable and indeterminate
r<2n would have made it unstable
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Agreed, spoke too soon!
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I first designed it as true Gerber style, like in the steel book (pg 2-311 in the green book). Then it was explained to me the style on my attached drawing would be easier to erect, since with the drop in links in the steel book you have to go back to erect the links.
My issue with my attached sketch scheme was I couldn't figure out which end to start at to analyze the system. I now see its the left end.
Thanks to all for your great responses and your time.
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Mike McCann, PE, SE (WA)
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...will need horizontal restraint
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"It is imperative Cunth doesn't get his hands on those codes."
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You right if the supports are pined then its a simple progressive cantilever construction from right to left. looking at the up-arrows on the sketch i tough all support to be Simple supports.