I have a trapezoidal building with a wood roof. I am trying to analyze the roof diaphragm but don't really know how to do a flexible diaphragm analysis with the one skewed wall. Three walls form a C-shape and intersect at 90 deg. The fourth wall is at an angle of 125 deg from one wall and 55...
We are the structural engineer on a new heavy construction project (7 floors of PT garage with 3 floor of residential aobve). There is a small 150x50 single story build on one edge of the site. The developer is unable to remove one of the tenants and therefore is asking us to design and...
In ASCE7-05 the drift height is calculated by a graph or equation involving the ground snow load and the length of roof upwind of the drift. My question is "Is there a reasonable maximum length of roof upwind to consider in the drift?" This is a result of a maufacturing facility that is adding...
I currently have a wood plate attached to the top of a concrete wall supportin wood roof trusses. The trusses were built with a heel height that was 4.5" too short. Our solution is raise the trusses and bolt (3) more 2x plates to the existing one. When you analyze this connection using NDS can...
Hello,
I am new writing on this forum but I have read many of the problems/questiosn posted by others.
I have been asked to design a 100' long X 45' tall banner that will be attached to a structure on the top and two sides. A wire will run along the bottom to hold the banner in place. I have...
