I have just spent the last 3 hours looking at project specifications, SJI and AISC manuals and can NOT find where allowable tolerance for an out of plumb steel joist or steel truss is listed. I know it must be staring me in the face but I can't find it. Anybody out there that can point me to...
I recently quit the "big firm" and now am a sole practitioner. One of the things I still need to pick up is a cheap FEA program. Back in the 80's I had several that ran in Basic but even if I find the discs I probably can't find a 5 1/4 inch drive to put them in.
My budget is under $1,000 for...
I am a civil/structural but am posting this on the ASME forum hoping it is something covered in the pressure vessel code.
I am looking for a reference on calculating local defromation of a thin tube due to wind loads. This is for determining the flatening or ovaling stresses. I have a...
