joist shoe capacity
joist shoe capacity
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How do we calculate joist seat capacity of an existing steel joist?
The seat in question is 2.5 in deep. The joist configuration is top and bottom chord(1.2 in. depth and 3.5 in wide) is a hat section with pipes(crimped ends)as webs. The end diagonal is a flat bar which is welded to a trapezoidal shape gusset welded to both end diagonal and top chord.
Joist shoe is made up an inverted hat section welded to underside of top chord hat section. Looks like two hat sections as mirror image of each other.
The seat in question is 2.5 in deep. The joist configuration is top and bottom chord(1.2 in. depth and 3.5 in wide) is a hat section with pipes(crimped ends)as webs. The end diagonal is a flat bar which is welded to a trapezoidal shape gusset welded to both end diagonal and top chord.
Joist shoe is made up an inverted hat section welded to underside of top chord hat section. Looks like two hat sections as mirror image of each other.






RE: joist shoe capacity
This issue frustrated me terribly. Manufactures couldn't seem to tell me how the seats are designed and their printouts didn't list anything other than shoe capacity. I suspect that the shoe capacities may be based on testing but I couldn't get my hands on that either.
There are several joist reinforcement specialists that operate in my market and I managed to get my hands on their calculations. None of them addressed the shoe capacities at all for new, heavy RTU and drift loads. I feel that the joist shoes would be the most vulnerable element under increased load.
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Thanks. looks like you were in the same situation as I am now.
How did you calculate joist shoe capacity in your case to carry new loads due to RTU and snow drift?
I am thinking of calculating hat section shoe web shear and web buckling capacity based on CSA S-136 using 2.5 in depth of web for hat section to verify if it can take new support reaction.
Is this approach reasonable?
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Yes, welcome to hell. I had $1500 to do eight of these and got my ass handed to me.
I went with the force transfer model shown below. When I asked the joist supplier about the intent of the triangular wedge thing, they said "not really sure, probably a belt and suspenders / feel good kind of thing". I'm very skeptical of that and have come to believe that the wedge is critical to the design. Here's what I checked:
1) Welds joining last diagonal to wedge.
2) Welds jointing wedge to top chord.
3) Bending of hat section bottom flange spanning between hat section webs.
4) Hat section web shear yielding and shear buckling, yielding, and crippling as you mentioned, accounting for the splay of the webs relative to the applied loads.
I never did feel very confident in my approach. Part of the reason for that is that, according to my assesment, the shoe was woefully under capacity even for the joists original load. KootK no understando.
I like to debate structural engineering theory -- a lot. If I challenge you on something, know that I'm doing so because I respect your opinion enough to either change it or adopt it.
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I like to debate structural engineering theory -- a lot. If I challenge you on something, know that I'm doing so because I respect your opinion enough to either change it or adopt it.
RE: joist shoe capacity
The statics of the joist shoe are not entirely clear, but if the centroid of the end diagonal extended meets the centroid of the top chord at a point inside the bearing surface, I would limit my check to the strength of the end diagonal and the strength of welds to the wedge shaped plate. Those welds should be adequate to transfer 50% of the tensile force in the end diagonal to the top chord.
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Can you get better info from the Steel Joist Institute? Joist ends must be strength-qualified to meet a variety, or worst case, of the adjacent joist size load capacity.
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Assuming two welds, is that 50% in each or 50% total?
I like to debate structural engineering theory -- a lot. If I challenge you on something, know that I'm doing so because I respect your opinion enough to either change it or adopt it.
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RE: joist shoe capacity
I like to debate structural engineering theory -- a lot. If I challenge you on something, know that I'm doing so because I respect your opinion enough to either change it or adopt it.
RE: joist shoe capacity