I'll try to keep this short. I've been at my current company a little bit over a year. Just to give a quick idea, I do structural steel design for conveyors,towers, hoppers etc.. for cement, coal, grain plants.
My question is this: How soon is too soon for me to start designing large steel...
Engineers,
I am trying to determine stiffener size for a steel hopper for lignite. How much of the plate can I count on to help me carry the moment. I have found everything from 40 x thickness of the plate to 16 x thickness of the plate. I am using 1/2" plate and wide flange stiffeners. I have...
