HI, UK based so maybe not too much help. Do have access to spreadsheets to calculate to British Standards (BS5950-5) capacaties for cold rolled sections - particularly axial compression loads.
Deflection NORMALLY limits design here in the UK, so axial capacity might be available. Let me know if...
Try P300 by the SCI. / MCRMA Technical paper no. 13. (Same book, different publishers)
Page 80 of the above suggest's "Typical pour sizes are up to 1000m2 / day, although there is no technical limitation to the area that may be concreted. Where the limits of the pour do not conicide with...
Hi,
I use Strand 7 sporadically, but when I do I find it absolutely brilliant. I have carried out analysis on several brackets and found it to be very ggod. I have compared the values against tested values and found them to be more than accetable.
I have no experience of other FEA programs...
Jeg,
I'm a Tech Support Engineer at Ward Building Components in the UK. If you visit our website, www.wards.co.uk, you will be able to download a copy of our 'Multibeam' handbook. This has, among many others, details of our standard cleat / purlin connections. This may help.
Also we tend to...
