Recent content by jschwey

Thank you for the thoughts HotRod. I honestly would agree with you, I have a hard time saying that this is actually acting compositely with what I have to work with. Some of the higher ups are saying we have to include the concrete into the design, which to me means this needs to be looked at...

The sketch is not to scale, due to the nature of the R&D project, the amount of concrete cover and size of beam are being looked at as a whole. I agree that the beam should have sufficient cover over the top flange to increase the moment of inertia. The beams are loaded by a hanging load with...

That was what my thoughts are is to make the beam act compositely by adding headed studs to the webs of the beams or to the flange. jschwey

Hi All, The situation I am working with is looking at a partially encased steel beam in concrete. The beams have web stiffeners at points where connections are being made for the large loads that are applied, and are periodically placed along the beam length. There is rebar running through the...