Hi,
I am looking for a reference about composte joist design. I know how to design composite beam (composite action between slab concrete and I-shaped beam with shear stud), but I am not sure that the same concept can be used in case of open-web steel joist. Any good references to read...
I am designing very big double-pitched roof truss (6"per foot pitch, 20 feet deep at midspan, span length is 90'-0"). We can't build this in one piece. So we plan to build two trusses with 10'-0" deep each and splice them in the field. Does anyone have an idea how to check lateral...