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...
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...
