Wow thanks everyone for the responses (and encouragement :) ).
Enable, I may end up using your idea of welding a brace above the existing brace as it's what I'm most comfortable with. This wouldn't be an ideal method for when a brace is actually heavily loaded, would it? Since it would induce...
Hi all, the CHS is 139x5mm with 4-M20 bolts, well done to the poster above that guessed correctly (the span is ~3m). I have no idea why the CHS corroded more than the beams, but yes these members are within the vicinity of acid processing.
The job of the inspection and maintenance team was to...
Thanks for the reply Enable. I've attached some pictures. Each image is a different member, and the first picture is at mid-span.
The corrosion is in spots along each member, although they only have one severe spot each. This is for a stair-tower so it only sees lateral loads due to wind or...
I'm new to brownfields mining projects and one of my first tasks is dealing with some heavily corroded CHS vertical braces on a multi-storey stairtower. These braces have holes on them which I can stick my hand in. Does anyone have suggestions for the best way to repair this? Or does it need...
