Structural Engineering & Statics
where the load goes
Concept

Empirical rule — where it appears

2 essays name this object, across 2 fields. What follows is each of them, and the objects they name alongside it.
s = 50g = 60net width 166.42 mm of 200the critical path crosses two holes, with s²/4g = 10.42 mm added back

The tear that goes diagonally, and the correction that has no derivation

Stagger the holes so that no straight line crosses more than one and the plate does not get its strength back. The tear runs at an angle instead, and the arithmetic that makes it come out right is a century-old piece of curve-fitting nobody has improved on.

connections · net section webb = 3.00 mb_eff = 2.531 mfree edgedrawn flange 2 × 3.00 m = 120000 mm² at 20 mm thickworking flange 2 × 2.531 m = 101238 mm², on a span of 20 m18762 mm² is there, and paid for, and carrying almost nothing

The flange that is not all there

Stress can only get into a wide flange through shear along its junction with the web, and shear takes distance to do it. So the width that is working is set by the span, and a flange 3 m wide on a 20 m span has 18762 mm² of steel that is there, and paid for, and hardly carrying anything.

sections · effective width

Named alongside it

The objects these essays reach for when they reach for this one.

Bolt groupConnectionEffective widthEfficiencyLoad pathNet sectionPlane sectionsSaint-Venant's principleShear flowShear lagShear planeStagger

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