Assignment 4 - Hints




Problems

  1. You will need to series of iterations to find the self-weight.
  2. You will need to calculate the cost for each beam for comparison.
  3. The live and dead loads need to be factored.
  4. Look at the maximum positive and negative moments of the beam to design the beam.


Last modified: 8:25 March 1, 2002
Dr E.W. Sandt
Civil Engineering Department
Texas A&M University
esandt@stommel.tamu.edu