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Stability of a beam with variable cross-section
Hello! I should design an industrial hall with moment resisting portals having pinned bases. For economic reasons the girder is made of prefabricated welded sections of class 3. Both the column and girder are tapered. The girder is not only tapered at the zone of the haunch, but after a zone...- CEst
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- Forum: Structural engineering general discussion
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inclined curtain wall
Hello! I'd like to model the effect of the curtain wall on a single story steel structure (about 4.5 m high) with walls inclined outwards. I wonder if in such a case the curtain wall's self-weight will rest on the ground, or should I impose it onto the structure, at the anchorage? I guess, that...- CEst
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- Forum: Structural engineering general discussion
