I am doing a seismic analysis, and running through Chapter 12 of the ASCE 7 05.
In the definiton of a moment frame, they classify Ordinary, Intermediate, and Special moment frames, with significant impacts on the seismic load. There is little clarification on the differences between them...
I am a mechanical engineer playing structural engineer these days. I never really studied wood as an engineering material and am having a time trying to develop my methods for validating attachments into wood.
I need to hang a sign using a threaded rod with a 3/8 wood screw thread lagged into...
