I am curious as to what some of you hold the deflection to an exterior wall girt using the IBC2000 code if the girt was supporting a brittle masonry wall?
Also, those familiar with the SBC97, are you allowed to reduce your wind load on said girt above by 0.75?
Thanks
I am a design engineer for a metal building fabricator and have repeatedly run into the question of how to consider the hook on a cast in place anchor bolt into the strength for uplift. For bond strength to the anchor surface I have always used 160psi on the vertical area only ignoring the...