Thanks again, swearingen. Let me know if the young guys figure it out. I was thinking that it could be solved by analyzing the wood and the metal beams separately and then combining the results by superposition, but it became pretty tricky.
Thanks swearingen. I've been away from beam analysis for about twenty years. Analyzing a simply supported, standard beam is simple enough, but one that has a different cross section and higher stiffness for the middle eight feet is beyond my abilities. Any help you can provide would be much...
I have a simply supported Douglas Fir floor joist that has a simply supported, 16-foot span. I am getting too much deflection in the center of this span. I have enough room to add an 8-foot long steel flitch plate in the center of the span. Could someone help me in how to calculate the...