I understand that the NBCC will have it but it doesn't make sense for the OBC to not have the "Climatic and Seismic Information for Building Design in Ontario" which is under Supplementary Standard SB-1.
It should be included in the OBC. Can some one provide me the section and/or division in...
I am looking to find the Snow Load in the Ontario Building Code (OBC) and looking at (Part 4 - Structural Design) 4.1.6.2. where the specified snow load formula is provided, I can't find the Ss, which is 1-in-50-year ground snow load (kPa) determined in accordance with subsection 1.1.2...
I have a 8.5 Feet Aluminum tube O.D 1.9" with I.D of 1.5" and I want to see if it can pass a specific snow load (Thunder Bay, Ontario)
My snow load (SLS) for Thunder Bay is at 2.45 kPa. (51.1 psf) Using VisualAnalysis, I was able to find the appropriate member. I then selected fixed supports on...
I want to find out the force required by a person to lift a 10ft x 20ft board that is on the ground at a 20 degree angle. The board weights about 150 lbs. It is fixed on the ground with one end and holding the higher non-fixed end, I want to know if an average adult can push it up to lets say 24...
Thank you Josh and Lomarandil.
@JoshPlum, I will certainly do that. It appears that I would have to do some manual calculations. I have never used MathCAD or Excel for that purpose. Any starting tips?
@lomarandil, would it be possible to elaborate on your second point a little bit. Excuse my...
I am a recent grad and I just landed a job with a company that doesn't have an engineering department. I am required to do some preliminary engineering analysis for some custom/extruded shapes of steel and/or aluminum. Simply put, I want to determine the unsupported span for the shapes.
I have...
