Thanks for the great suggestions! We will design the platform to be very durable by using extra strength in the bracing connections. We do a lot of industrial building design where screens and other vibrating equipment are used. The convention in the past has been to design for extra...
I am designing a structure that will support a vibrating screen. The screen will operate at about 21 hz and must be mounted on a platform about 28 feet in the air, supported by 4 columns. The platform must straddle some existing tanks with a rigid frame in the direction perpendicular to the...