The scaffolding may have been provided to enable timber to be removed from the underside of the balconies. I think that the report page 1 should say timber slats and not 'slates'...
Thanks for all your comments to date. It is structural design information for the boardwalk framing members that I am looking for. The joists, cross beams and the posts. Also the bolts, whats the long term bearing strength of plastic when using an M12 bolt? I prefer not to place reliance on...
I have designed the structure of several elevated timber board walks over the years, but a client now wants to start using plastic wood (recycled HDPE) for these structures in the UK. I've not designed using this material previously. A reference document that appears in several sources is...
Alexander L. Kielland was a Norwegian rig that capsized due to a weld crack growing and one of the main legs came away. I would guess that there may be a Norwegian Government report.
I think the publication that you are looking for could be 'Notes to accompany the course of preparation for the Institutions Part 3 examination' published by the IStructE. It does contain some rules of thumb, span/20 for initial beam sizing etc and methods for approximate analysis. Its the...
I hope that this extract from the BCSA publication Historical Structural Steelwork Handbook might be of some use to you.http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=2c5456a7-46ca-475f-9f99-766ab3ba181f&file=spec.pdf
Can you follow the method given in clause 3.6 and subsequent clauses? Alternatively, for a capacity check, limit the theoretical web ratio D/t to 8 x epsilon, or 15 x epsilon if you are feeling bolder, and calculate effective section properties, Z eff ? Clause 4.3.8.3 gives guidance for an angle...
The attached might be worth a read when thinking about if the beam compression flange is restrained at the column.http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=a31023e2-a02d-4841-89cd-69e10fe0d1e8&file=BRE_Lessons_from_a_Canadian_carpark_roof_collapse.pdf
We had a 2 hour talk in our office yesterday given by a technical rep from the UK hot dip galvanizers association. Venting in tubular sections essential or they can explode. A typical 1 metre length of sealed tube will apparently displace 7 tonnes of molten zinc from the bath when it explodes...
Dear Steve111,
I have copies of technical notes produced by Costain Concrete Co. Ltd in the 1960's that include load span tables in imperial units for their roof and floor slabs. I also have copies of technical literature produced by the Aerated Concrete Ltd who appear to have taken over the...
