All of us are trying to reach the same goal. I was structural design engineer for 4 years in a small consulting firm ( two engineers when I arrived as an EIT)in Colorado. I moved out there after college, on a whim: alone, no job, with the money I saved working summers at the steel mills. I, as...
I was a SE and then became a GM of a steel Fabricating Company. I don't know what you are going to use the info for, but you need to possibly contact a fabricator in your area. There are many different factors that effect the price of steel.
Not seeing the drawing I could not say that a drag struct would work.
Depending on diaphram type, it may be less complicated to analyze it as two shear walls, and not one.
Mike,
Trying to develop forces into a Glulam, or any steel to wood connection for that matter is:
1. Aesthetically unpleasant
2. Not economical.
UcfSE is correct about converting the geometrical properties as a function of its elasticity, however, most W12's and W14's are designed/sized...
Here are a few:
Common field problems and solutions (of course
this should contain all the trades)
Common costly design drawing omissions
Connections Primer (all trades)
Including service load design VS.
Ultimate load design and what should the...
