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AS3990. Restraint against torsion.

Mb87

Industrial
May 15, 2023
7
Mech Eng looking for clarification on structural calcs.

Have a beam (loaded on the bottom flange via pillow block)
The beam is held by 2 bolts in a cleat through the web at each end.

From what I can tell, the beam should have an le=1.2x span

From 5.9.3.1
le = span

but from 5.9.6
factor of 1.2 because the critical flange is loaded and the beam has no lateral restraint.
 
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