I am looking for pracitical guides to analyzing an frp plate, otherwise knows as sheet molding compound. In this case the plate is partially fixed and temperature change is causing some out of plane distortion. Does anybody know of any resources that are not completely theoretical? I can...
AASHTO Chapter 10 lists allowable bearing capacities in terms of psi or ksi for A307, A325 and A490 for bearing type shear. Neither Chapter 10 nor Chapter 14 for bearings seems to indicate what is allowable for F1554 anchors. Using the AISC method would allow 0.17Fu for shear stress on...
I've seen threads for cantilevered columns, but all information I have come across such as AISC Design Guide 1 seems to be specific to wide flange columns. Also, I have found an article for pipe column base plates, but it was for gravity loading. Is there any sort of guide to design a base...
