Thursday, September 20, 2007

Progress: Structural

Studio Final Structural:


3 comments:

werner said...

Joe, your plan I shard to read, but I think you are indicating a shear wall off of a cantilever. Hat doesn’t work. What do you provide for shear walls?
I would expect (2) diagonal braces in the short direction and (2) moment frames in the entire long direction to allow for windows and doors to work on the elevations.
Do you need fireproofing on 1 12/” deck with 3 ½” concrete? What rating are you expecting? In the real world you would probably increase the deck dimension to get a 2 hour rating without adding spray fire proofing. Rather than GWB I would recommend spray-on fire proofing for columns and beams. Check a UL book for details.

werner said...

Joe, where are the columns? Turn them on. The back-span beam on a cantilever is typically the same size as the cantilever. If you have a W24 for your cantilever, the beam behind the column will be a W24 as well. This beam will be able to span more than 12’. The ideal column bay width to support a cantilever is about three times the length of the cantilever.

Joe said...

werner,
i have an updated plan that i will post along with the rest of the final postings in the next several days, i will incorporate those comments as well as researching the ul details for the columns. the typical column size is a w8 or 10 except at the cantilever line, significantly larger (w18??). I guess the typical moment detail I am looking at using is a beam being bolted to a column (using stl angles) and having a stiffner plate (welded to column).