Thank you for your responses, especially gtaw. The main reasons bent plates are not an option are because these connections are typically sloped, skewed, consist of plates of differnet thicknesses.
gtaw attached is a sketch which I hope clarifies the situation. This is a typical timber beam to timber beam connection. The connections are all custom made for specific projects. The connections usually consist of different plate thickness,skews,slopes, etc so bent plates are usually not an...
The loads are static. If the plate is greater than 1/4" than the welds would be a minimum of 1/16" less than the plate thickness as per sect. J2 of the AISC Steel Construction Manual.
We manufacture steel connections for the heavy timber industry (glulam). Our typical weld detail is a fillet weld as shown in the attached drawing. I recently had an Engineer say that this was not an approved weld for the given loading (top mount hanger). does this joint not fit under...
I work for a steel supplier that supplies connections for a heavy timber (glulam) manufacturer. Our typical weld for joining plates is a open corner fillet weld (both sides).
An example is this top mount hanger (see drawing). I've had an Engineer tell me that this is not a code approved weld...
The IRC (2006,703.7) allows the use of wood members to support brick veneer provided the brick weighs less than 40 psf and deflection is limited to L/600 for total load and and is located in seismic zone A,B or C.
