calculor
Structural
- Apr 13, 2001
- 59
just curious what other engineers do in the following situation; 4 storey wood frame building with two storey atrium along the outside wall. Opening in the diaphragm is 28ft long x 12ft wide. I'm considering two options, running an lvl beam 28 ft long spanning between walls and designing for weak axis bending due to wind load or framing the wall with long studs for full height. Anybody have an other solutions?