Recent content by lextoo

thanks, mkberry

thanks for the suggestion...

DO YOU KNOW OF ANY LITERATURE THAT ILLUSTRATES THIS APPROACH? THANKS AGAIN

OK...ROCK ENGINEER--THIS IS GOOD AND I LIKE IT... --BUT, FOR THE PARTICULAR SITUATION THAT I HAVE THE CLIENT IS LOOKING TO SEE A STEEL BASE "SHOE" WITH ANCHOR BOLTS, ETC...WHERE ARE THERE EXAMPLES OF THIS METHOD OR SIMILAR METHODS... (WHAT I HAVE IS AN APPROX. 4 FT X 8 FT SIGN ABOUT 17 FT...

WHERE CAN I FIND EXAMPLES REGARDING DESIGN PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING FIXED BASE CONNECTIONS FOR TIMBER POSTS TO CONCRETE FOOTINGS. ANCHOR BOLT SIZE AND SPACING, BASE PLATE THICKNESS, BASE DETAIL CONFIGURATION, ETC... THANK YOU...

THANKS TO ALL WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS DISCUSSION ON TIMBER HANGER CONNECTIONS....IT HAS BEEN HELPFUL... ONCE AGAIN, THANKS, LEXTOO

THANKS TO THE ENGINEERS WHO CONTRIBUTED TO MY KNOWLEDGE BASE OF METAL TIMBER SADDLE HANGERS...IN PARTICULAR, I FOUND RockEngineer's COMMENTS EXTREMELY HELPFUL... ONCE AGAIN THANKS LEXTOO

OH, I GUESS ANOTHER POINT WOULD THE MAGNITUDE OF THE REACTIONS---SAY 5K TO 10K MIGHT BE OK--BUT WOULD YOU DO THIS FOR 20K TO 30K?

OK....LET ME SEE IF I AM UNDERSTANDING YOU CORRECTLY, USING A 1/4" PLATE ASSEMBLY FOR THE ENTIRE SADDLE HANGER BRACKET...AND SIZING THE TOP PLATE ON THE SADDLE AND THE BEARING PLATE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HANGER TO KEEP BELOW THE ALLOWABLE BEARING VALUE OF THE WOOD (CHKG WELDS FOR SHEAR &...

THANKS, NO FREE LUNCH, HUH?

ALSO, FOR THE SAKE OF THIS DISCUSSION--ASSUME I AM USING SOUTHERN PINE GLULAM 24F-V3...ALLOWABLE STRESS PERPENDICULAR TO THE GRAIN = 740 PSI

WELL--AS REGARDS THE LOADING--THIS IS A TYPICAL ROOF LOAD SAY: DL=25PSF AND SNOW LOAD=25PSF---WIND UPLIFT IS NOT A FACTOR. I AM LOOKING AT A POINT ON THE GIRDER THAT IS SUPPORTING TWO PURLINS- ONE EACH SIDE --THE PURLIN REACTION IS 6 KIP EACH--SO THAT THE GIRDER IS SUBJECT TO 12 KIPS (AT THAT...

WHAT ARE THE DESIGN ASSUMPTIONS? WHAT ARE THE ANALYSIS ASSUMPTIONS? HOW IS IT THAT ,APPARENTLY, FAIRLY HEAVY LOADS ARE TRANSFERRED BY RELATIVELY, THIN 1/4" PLATE ASSEMBLIES... ---HOW DO THESE TIMBER SADDLE HANGER CONNECTIONS WORK? I'M NOT INTERESTED IN WHAT SIMPSON DOES.......THEY...

WHAT IS THE ANALYSIS PROCEDURE? WHAT ARE THE ASSUMPTIONS? VISUALLY, THE PREFAB/OFF THE SHELF HANGERS ARE NOT VERY ATTRACTIVE...IN CASES WHERE THE "HANGERS" ARE VISABLE THIS IS A FACTOR.

I WANT TO DESIGN SADDLE HANGERS USING 1/4" THICK PLATE. WHAT IS THE DESIGN PROCEDURE? IS THERE LITERATURE IN THIS REGARD? I WANT TO TRANSFER BEAM REACTIONS TO GIRDERS. THE BEAM REACTION IS TRANSFERRED BY BEARING PERPENDICULAR TO THE GRAIN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HANGER. THE LOAD ON THE HANGER...