Recent content by WouldveBeenArchitect

Spooky?https://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=9e9229ba-857f-4792-b6f5-aa476bd0ff99&file=IMG_0743.JPG

Here it is with stiffeners at 1:8 scale for anyone who is interested in following. Anyway, thank you all for the replies.https://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=05ebae44-9b2b-473b-9223-434269360c7d&file=IMG_0742.JPG

I should mention that each brick is roughly 2x4x8 inches and weighs 3 1/2 pounds. At 1:12 scale, this represents a brick wall 2x4x8 feet. If the weight is proportional (I think it isn't), we're looking at 6,000 pounds.

3DDave, here is a picture of a flimsy model I made of the second sketch I posted holding up two solid bricks. What do you think?https://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=8403330d-8312-405f-88d0-63ac150695f9&file=IMG_0734.JPG

Once20036, I'm not an engineer. I used websites with calculators or tables and such. Initially, I had a W 8x13, but this seemed like it would fail. With a W 10x19, the extra 2 1/4 inch in depth of the 1/4 inch thick web plate alone (rectangular in shape) seemed more than enough for the load with...

Here it is.https://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=ba24beda-a24a-44b1-8347-ae7e0600b96a&file=scetkh.jpg

If the web of the beam isn't a problem, I could add more gusset plates (though not triangular) to solve the flange, like the sketch attached. If it is, and it seems to be, I could add steel flats to support the ends of the flange. In section, this would resemble dik's image above. The flats...

Once20036, Lomarandil thinks reinforcement may not be necessary. As you pointed out, the ends of the flange aren't attached to anything, so the problem is attachment. SWComposites suggested welding a plate. I know this sounds strange, but I wanted to use the square opening for glasswork. By the...

dik, the cruciform section is the plain X-shaped section the top of which is where the bottom flange of the W-beam would be. What you see in the middle is simply the web of the beam exposed. Would this modification...

Lomarandil, would adding gusset plates the same size as the ones below that stem provide an overall solution?

Here is a sketch of what I was trying to explain. Notice the void of the flange in the center. This is the crux of the matter.https://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=8a806eb8-7aff-4079-8038-27453fd1e209&file=sketch.jpg

I created this account to start a thread at the structural engineering general discussion forum but, as a student, I'm not able to. If any benevolent reader with that ability would like to copy and paste/post this question there, that would be greatly appreciated. If that doesn't happen, I hope...