I have a concrete roof deck that I need to check for its capacity to support a swing stage. The load will translate to a point load at two points along the concrete roof deck. What is the area I can distrubute this load over? Is there any way to better distrubute the load over a larger area...
I am currently working on some interior metal stud framing. The framing is suspended from the metal deck above around the perimeter. The contractor is utilizing 12 gage steel tie wire (@48" c/c) to help support/ suspend the interior ceiling members. Does anyone know the allowable tension for...
I am currently designing a glass railing consisting of an aluminum shoe and 1/2" tempered glass. I determined wind pressure requirementss based on ASCE 7-05 "solid sign" and the loads are coming up very high. 75 psf for a railing at an elevation of 30 ft. (140 mph) Since this is not really a...
I am analizing a glass canopy that is point supported. All of the ASTM E1300 tables/ software call for four or two sided support for glass analysis. Any ideas on how this should be done? It is 80" x 70" (9/16" laminated glass) with (3) point supports at ea. end of the 80" length and is...
I am currently working on a analysis of an aluminum structure that consistes of verical and horizontal aluminum tubes. & 1/8" thk. aluminum plates with 3/4" sq. holes at 1" c/c that are fastened to these tubes to create a screen wall. The structure is specified to resist a 100 lb point load...
