Beam Stability Factor (CL) and Rb, lu, and le when material is laid flat.
Beam Stability Factor (CL) and Rb, lu, and le when material is laid flat.
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It has been a while since I did a beam laid flat.
If your beam is a 2x6 or 2x8 laid flat, is there any need to calculate Rb, le, and lu since they go into the CL equation but CL=1 if you lay the material flat?
If your beam is a 2x6 or 2x8 laid flat, is there any need to calculate Rb, le, and lu since they go into the CL equation but CL=1 if you lay the material flat?
RE: Beam Stability Factor (CL) and Rb, lu, and le when material is laid flat.
RE: Beam Stability Factor (CL) and Rb, lu, and le when material is laid flat.
RE: Beam Stability Factor (CL) and Rb, lu, and le when material is laid flat.
Similar to Steel and the Lb that affects section strength (i.e. limit allowable stress to a level below which buckling will not occur). As the LTB provisions in steel note, LTB is not a concern (it doesn't physically happen) when you are bending about the minor (weak) axis. Similar applies here to wood construction. ChorasDen is correct. (Side note, use 'cross' material references with caution, but it's supportive in this circumstance as the buckling is a physical phenomenon that is not specific to a material, the material design provisions change but the concept of preventing buckling remains).