Thank you,
I will give him that info.
I am afraid that the cables will stiffen the structure giving a false sense of strength, leading to a catastrophic failure when it buckles or the cables snap.
Beams measure 12" X 4" less than 1/4". 3/16' I'd guess.
4X4 decking will weigh from 600 to 1000...
Exactly, all I'm looking for is some real facts I can present to him.
Of course, I can tell him "don't do it", or "get engineering", but that's my opinion!
If I can say 675 lb total load is maximum. Or 3000 lb load will buckle beam or snap cables.
Then I have a chance to end this.
tnx again.
Thanks, thats something I can scare him with. W14 x 61 for self support.
Light beam, I mean light. Like 16" by 4" wide. Only 3/16 material. Maybe less. I'd measure, but it seems so far off that it won't matter. It is significantly braced.
When you say "no" arch action. I'm assuming you mean...
Thanks for response, I'm hoping for a more direct answer to question. Something related to the actual structure. Then I can show him a positive failure senario.
I'm electrical minded and need confirmation that a triangle with a 60' base 2' high will put enormous tension on the bottom tie...
First off I'm not sure if this is the right forum, and second I'm not expecting anyone to sign off on safety or design a bridge for me.
My brother is building a foot bridge for his golf course.
It looked very unstable to me and a search shows no design like this.
I believe he may allow cart...
tnx again,
Actually it IS a dif pressure gauge. Although one side has a tee going to a gauge to measure the static pressure.
I just bled the lines and all is fine now. I was just totally suprised that air in the lines would change things.
So, you are saying that in the motor situation, it...
Thank you all for taking the time to explain this.
My thinking was to cushion the pumping pulsations that I noticed on my pressure gauge. Not needed at all. Just a dumb idea.
It seems to be not as simple as using the initial reading as a starting point, as the fluid levels will change with...
This is out of my field.
As usual, I don't know as much as I thought. :-)
I installed a differential pressure gauge across the heat exchanger in my home geotherm system.
Object is to monitor flow, as psi drop per gpm is a listed spec.
Seemed simple enough. [blush]
The "high" side is 18"...
Found this forum after a quick search for this problem.
I have not taken the time to search this forum.
Hope this is all appropriate!
I have a customer with a lightly loaded 3ph gear motor driving a high inertia rolling load. It is jogged with a wireless remote.
It has been abused for years...
