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    2 Story Residential Addition Lateral Design

    Thanks for the response! Make sense what you do, just looking at the floor itself plus anything above. For this specific structure, I think that would result in similar forces as far as the shear in each shear wall and does make the analysis easier to conceptualize. So by that logic, the open...
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    2 Story Residential Addition Lateral Design

    Hey everyone, I'm designing a lateral system for a 2 story addition connecting to a 1 story existing home. The addition has a loft area on the second floor for half of the structure, and an open area from floor to roof in the other half. I've attached a sketch of the roof and 2nd floor plans...
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    Seismic Design of Ground Mounted Solar Panels

    Hey everyone, Have a question here about the correct sections in ASCE 7 I should use to complete a design. As stated in the title, the question here is related to seismic design of ground-mounted solar panels. I am planning to use a series of steel pipes embedded in concrete piers to create a...
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    Cross-grain bending when using rafter/joist hangers

    Yeah totally agree. I like the idea that its not a failure mechanism that has posed a problem and is therefore not something that needs to be considered in this connection. Thanks again everyone!
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    Cross-grain bending when using rafter/joist hangers

    Thanks both of you, very helpful context. When drawing/thinking about the ledger connection to the studs, that is going to transfer the tension in the ledger so cross-grain bending goes away. It still leaves the question if the joist connection to the ledger was in between the connection of the...
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    Cross-grain bending when using rafter/joist hangers

    Hey everyone, Had a quick theoretical question about rafter/joist hangers inducing cross-grain bending if anyone has some insight. I've been working through some calculations for the SE exam and noticed an inconsistency in the analysis of hangers connecting to ledgers. When analyzing the...
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