@Stick. Awesome. Thank you very much! Would you mind sharing the name of the manufacturer you worked with who provided the load and span tables? I’ve reached out to a couple of vendors but haven’t received any response so far.
@duckhawk This is exactly what I’m planning to do. I was wondering — what kind of design guides or tables did you reference to determine the support spacing?
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I hope you are well. For one of the catwalk / maintenance platform application, I am considering using expanded metal sheet (attached PDF). I’ve done some research but haven’t found much information on the design of expanded metal. I was wondering if there are any design guides...
By “ultimate capacity,” do you mean I should model the spring as extremely rigid in order to capture the maximum possible reaction load?? Just to clarify, we are only specifying the axles—not designing them.
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I hope everyone is well. I am currently working on a trailer design project and specifying the beam and axle sizes. Based on my free body diagram, the configuration includes a long beam with a fixed support at one end and three roller supports positioned along its span (FBD as...
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I hope you're doing well. For my project, I am looking to connect two hydraulic cylinders (3-inch OD) with a 16-inch OD flange, as shown in the attachment. The clamps are intended only for lateral bracing of cylinders, as the face plate at the top of the cylinder is connected to a...
Thank you very much. One last question: I understand that every connection is unique and will have a different stiffness value, but are there any standard reference values or general guidelines to use for those situations?
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I have a beam with multiple closely spaced roller supports (shown only 4 in attached pdf but I have 12 in total) and a cantilever at one end. Design intent is to move the beam on rollers with hydraulic cylinder on one end. When I try to calculate the reaction...
Actually, I shouldn’t say "a lot of welding." I have a 45-foot-long W40x324 beam with four doublers (two at each corner, 1 on each side of web) and 26 stiffeners (13 on each side of the web).
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I'm working on a project with multiple full-length transverse stiffeners & doublers welded along the beam. Original Plan was to weld continuously on all sides—across both flanges and the web. However, I'm concerned about potential warping due to the extensive...
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I hope you are well. I am working on sizing an isolation UMHW pad that will be placed below a beam subjected to a load of 250 kips (as shown in attached PDF). Based on the triangular load distribution principle, I expect the load to be distributed over a certain area. My original...
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I hope you are well. I am working on sizing an isolation UMHW pad that will be placed below a beam subjected to a load of 250 kips (as shown in attached PDF). Based on the triangular load distribution principle, I expect the load to be distributed over a certain area. My original...
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For the overhead beam, I’ve been asked to provide a rated load tag. I plan to base the rating on CMAA guidelines, as using a beam trolley or clamp attached to the bottom flange and concentrated load on the middle likely represents the worst-case loading scenario...
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(File attached)
For calculating the lateral-torsional buckling bracing, AISC Appendix 6 specifies minimum requirements for both flexural strength about the longitudinal axis and flexural stiffness.
- Yura provides the formulation for calculating the stiffness...
