I am in a quandry, and have been here for some time. I have seen many hip roofs, even some with a valley intersecting where the hip hits the ridge, constructed without a post.
I normally calculate all hips as beams and all valleys as beams (the procedue I uses shows that a valley beam...
I am designing an addition to a church under BOCA '96. It is to be multi-purpose with offices, classrooms, and corridors. What live loads would you recommend? Would you design the whole thing for 80 psf (corridors) so that it can be reconfigured any way for the future?
I am looking for the best descriptive source for analysis and design of this type of connection. I have AISC 9th, and Salmon & Johnson 3rd. I cannot find reference to "Whitmore" section. I could use immediate help (757-428-6471), and your input on the best resource.
Thanks!
