I work in the crane world and commonly encounter runway girders with long spans. Many times they have deck plate that is attached to the full length of the top flange with stitch welds or bolts at even intervals. There is much debate in my office about how to account for this plate. There is...
I am checking an existing building for the addition of new equipment that will be suspended from open web joists. The drawings list a variety of 22H and 24H joists in the different locations. The added equipment will increase the moment in the steel joists beyond the published acceptable value...
I have am currently working on a design for columns that have moment resisting baseplates. The original installation was to use post-installed, epoxy anchors. Due to geometric and design constraints, the anchor rods were sized so that they just met the requirements for the loading. However...
I have a 10" thick concrete slab on grade that is reinforced with #5 bars 12" c/c, both directions, top & bottom. The slab supports machinery that imposes moments in both directions and in sign (at any given time it may be a positive or negative moment about different axes). For a given load...
