My thoughts:
Assuming the hoist beam would fail - It doesn't mean it breaks and falls down, it will start bending, deflecting, twisting, it goes through several steps that allow the people to acknowledge that something is going wrong. Eventually it will end up in a position where equilibrium...
Dooron,
I do have Blodgett, it is a great source of info, but I didn't find what I was looking for in there (for this particular problem).
JedClampett,
I know that adding a stiffener would improve the situation, or solve it, my problem was to find some documentation that would cover this...
JedClampett,
I considered the load from one bolt to go in both directions meaning towards the stiffener and towards the web. I have equal distances from the center of bolt to the tip of weld (at stiffener) and to the radius (k1) at web so... I'm assuming the load from 1 bolt is almost equally...
I have this situation. Steel Fy=50. A pretty long wideflange (W) simply supported, and in the middle, undernith, a monorail (S shape) passing perpendicular to the supporting W beam - BOLTED to the wideflange! Top flange of the MR is against the bottom flange of the W beam. At the intersection I...
