I am doing Load Factor Rating for Truss Bridge. The section 3.8.2.1 of AASHTO Standard specification defines Live Load Impact as 50/(L+125), where L is the length in feet of the portion of the span that is loaded to produce the maximum stress in the member. For a truss member (compression or...
I am designing building floor beams of a building with 3.5" concrete slab on 1" 22 gauge steel deck. The floor beams are steel beams and spaced at abt. 4'-0" centers. If the top flange is connected to the steel deck with 5/8" puddle weld at abt 7.5" centers, can the beam be design as braced beam...
How do you calculate the strength of fillet weld while welding two aluminum members? I need to weld an 4x4x1/2" angle to a rectangular base plate. Both the angle and rectangular base plate are Aluminum alloy 6061-T6 with ASTM Designation B209. I looked on AASHTO LRFD Section for aluminum but it...
I am designing slab overhang for negative moment due to vehicle collision for post and beam railings using LRFD. For the design Case 1, I calculated the moment and thrust on the base of the post using value from LRFD Table A13.2-1, for TL-4 for transverse force. Now the problem is it requires...
Can someone please provide some reference for Boardwalk Design (Timber). I know about NDS code and other codes required but I have never designed any Boardwalk.
Help Appreciated.
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I need to prepare an interaction diagram for 14" square prestressed concrete pile with 6, 1/2"dia 7 wire low relaxation grade 270 strands. Anyone has information of where to find interaction diagram?
Any help appreciated. Thanks
