I am curretnly working to redesign the standard conveyor walkway used by a local fabricator. The walkways are meant to span between adjacent grain bins and will hold both a drag or belt conveyor as well as a 2ft pathway for workers. They feel that it is currently so overdesigned that it is no...
I realize that fillet welds are most common in lap joints. However, due to certain restrictions I need to use a groove weld in a lap joint to acquire the desired strength. My question is if this is acceptable or if I need to alter my design in another way to accomodate the decreased weld...
I am attempting to finalize a design for the pile footing of a horizontal curve plate girder bridge. My question is about the battered piles and what loads go into account for the piles. I have used the wind and wind on live load. It was originally designed over 10 years ago and has been...
