"what is the axis of the torsion load ?"
*As the equations are for the spanned section I would take it to be around the midships of the spans at half the height of the beams, the centroid of the overall section.
"i suspect it is "bow up/stern down" ie the two pontoons are racking against each...
Thanks for the reply - I think my statement is fairly accurate and I've got and okay level of knowledge, though things like that are fairly relative.
I've an engineering masters and at least half of that was structural work, however it has been quite a few years since I've done anything more...
dhengr, thank you for your time.
The loads are produced from equations in design guidelines for the conditions experienced by the structure and are given as loads applied across the entire structure. However once the forces are given there isn't much guidance as how to apply them to the...
I'm new to this forum and I hope I can contribute as well as ask the questions. I'm a design engineer but I'm a bit rusty when it comes to some structural calcs.
I've currently got a bit of a head scratcher. A lattice of parallel I-beams with known dimensions of 'n' number. They are joined at...
