I have a concrete "beam" with tension and bending. An engineer has suggested that I check that the axial tension force and bending moment are inside the P-M curve.
I am confused as I thought a P-M curve was for Compression and Bending.
Am I missing something? Do you understand what He is...
I am looking at a bowstring,steel,roof truss about 100 feet span supported on W8 columns at each end. The columns are about 15 feet long. The truss is about 2 feet deep where it connects to the columns and about 9 ft. deep at midspan. The truss connects to the inside flanges of the columns with...