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Web opening — the ladder

One essay so far against this idea. A ladder is the distinct arguments that stand against one idea, and this one has room to grow.
  1. contraflexure at the middle of the holefrom the moment: 70.3 N/mm²from the shear: 167.6 N/mm²total 237.9 of 355second moment lost: 30%deflection up by 0.7%the shear the tees must carry: 63 kN, half each, over 400 mm

    The hole that costs nothing, and everything

    A service opening removes 30% of a beam's second moment and 0.7% of its deflection. What it costs is not that. Across the opening the shear has nowhere to go but through the two tees, and a tee carrying shear over a length bends.

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