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Mr. Craig Smallegan, P.E., M.ASCE


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RE: Single vs. Double Shear Plane

Posted By Craig Smallegan 10-21-2019 12:59 PM
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Brett, Here is a cross-section of the connection. ------------------------------ Craig Smallegan EIT, A.M.ASCE Design Engineer Leesburg IN ------------------------------

RE: Single vs. Double Shear Plane

Posted By Craig Smallegan 10-17-2019 04:57 PM
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Chad, The two things on why we feel more comfortable with using double shear on the plates ONLY are: These are tension only members so there are no concerns about buckling. There are multiple rows of bolts on the corrugations. So some bolts are: Metal, Metal, Gap, Metal. With other bolts ...

RE: Single vs. Double Shear Plane

Posted By Craig Smallegan 10-17-2019 10:34 AM
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This is more or less where we ended up as well. The other PE's and SE's in the office conservatively used single shear in this application. However we all believe that testing would likely result in a larger load than just single shear. In the end I feel like the bolts themselves and the quantity for ...

Single vs. Double Shear Plane

Posted By Craig Smallegan 10-16-2019 10:27 AM
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Got into a discussion around the office yesterday about single vs. double shear on bolts. It's usually quite straight forward, but what if the center piece of the connection is corrugated? On the global scale, it is still in double shear since there are two outer flat plates pulling one direction and ...

RE: Wind Load for a Concrete Cylindrical Tank

Posted By Craig Smallegan 10-04-2018 09:56 AM
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Good question! I happen to work in the grain industry where we design and manufacture cylindrical ground-supported tanks. There's been a lot research done by Ray Bucklin at the University of Florida on the subject. You may want to look through some of his work. We have traditionally used some of his ...