I have a law/code question. I work in the state of Georgia and under law there are 8 mandatory codes and 2 permissive codes (as stated on the state of GA DCA website). In the codes I cannot find where pressure piping is specifically talked about.
The main codes I looked in are International...
I am working at a facility that wants to co-fire sawdust along with pulverized coal in the boiler. The boilers maximum capacity is 250,000 lb/hr. The boiler is front wall fired with three compartments and under normal operating conditions only operates two of them. We have an initial...
I have a belt driven hot air fan that is currently operating at 1288 rpm. We would like to increase the speed to 1400 rpm. The motor driving the fan has a nameplate that states 100 Hp/575V/60Hz/89.6 Amp/1785 rpm. The motor has a sheave that is 10.9” diameter and the fan has a 15” sheave. We...
I am working on a project that requires holes 1-5/16" dia. 1/2" deep to be drilled in A36 steel. These holes being drilled are in the field, so we do not have the ability to use a drill press.
The contractor performing the work would like to tourch cut the holes instead of drill them.
Is...
I have a set of I-beams over a hopper that are used to support a hopper train car filled with coal(low sulfur). The car is positioned over the hopper and then dumps the coal over the I-beams and into the hopper.
I am looking to protect steel I-Beams from corrosion and errosion due to coal...
I am creating a drawing and I need to dimension features to be incorporated into a concrete floor. I need to provide dimensions so the items can be placed appropriately in the concrete forms before the cement is poured.
What should I dimension from? What should I use as a datum? The edges...
I am trying to calculate the elongation of wire rope as a fuction of load. I understand that it will be based on the wire rope configuration, overall diam, number of strands and number of wires. Is there a formual out there for this?
Is anyone familiar with CAN/CSA-G40.21. I need to know how CAN/CSA-G40.21 Grade 300W for channels, angles and plates compares to an A36 designation. Does A36 meet the CAN/CSA-G40.21 Grade 300W requirements?
Is anyone familiar with CAN/CSA-G40.21. I need to know how CAN/CSA-G40.21 Grade 300W for channels, angles and plates compares to an A36 designation. Does A36 meet the CAN/CSA-G40.21 Grade 300W requirements?
I want am writing some excel formulas that reference other files. Is there a way to increment the file name so I do not have to rewrite the formula for every case. The example i am working on deals with files named WEEK1, and every week a new file will be created WEEK2, WEEK3 etc.
Any thoughts?
I am working with CAN/CSA-S16-01 Limit States Design of Steel Structures. This code references CSA Standard W59, W55.3 and W47.1 for welding. I do not have these codes, but their descriptions online reference AWS D1.3, for materials less than 1/8” and AWS D1.6 for stainless steel.
Does CSA...
