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minus-squareWoodScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 months agoSpecifically a girder is a beam that other beams frame into. Gravity load typically goes slab->beam->girder->columns->foundation. At least that’s what I teach in my steel design classes.
minus-squareSadbutdru@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoAre there any girders in the picture then? Or none, or impossible to tell? I can’t see any, by that definition.
minus-squareWoodScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 months agoYou can see them on the upper levels. On the bottom level, you can see the shear tabs, mounted on the girders that additional beams will frame into.
minus-squareGreg Clarke@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoc/lemmyshitpost, come for the memes, stay for the lessons on construction materials
minus-squarekate@lemmy.uhhoh.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoSIEZE THE MEMES OF CONSTRUCTION
minus-squareWoodScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoLittle known fact; heavy timber buildings will often perform better in fire than steel buildings like this.
minus-squareKingJalopy @lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoSounds like something a wood scientist would say…
minus-squareWoodScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoI mean, I am literally working on a PhD in wood science.
minus-squareKingJalopy @lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoWorking for Big Wood. Story of my life.
Specifically a girder is a beam that other beams frame into. Gravity load typically goes slab->beam->girder->columns->foundation. At least that’s what I teach in my steel design classes.
Are there any girders in the picture then? Or none, or impossible to tell? I can’t see any, by that definition.
You can see them on the upper levels. On the bottom level, you can see the shear tabs, mounted on the girders that additional beams will frame into.
c/lemmyshitpost, come for the memes, stay for the lessons on construction materials
SIEZE THE MEMES OF CONSTRUCTION
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Little known fact; heavy timber buildings will often perform better in fire than steel buildings like this.
Sounds like something a wood scientist would say…
I mean, I am literally working on a PhD in wood science.
Working for Big Wood. Story of my life.
So you wood agree?