I'm hoping someone can help me with this. The attached drawing will help get your mind around my situation.
I'm designing the base of a fix-free column (moment connection via base-plate on the existing slab).
Because I have a large moment acting on the base-plate, I am concerned with failure...
I am designing a footbridge in an industrial environment. The span of the bridge is 9650mm, the width 900mm. The diagonal bracing connected to the compression flange of the main beams definitely provides lateral bracing, but do the intermediate transverse beams also provide lateral support...
