Hromis1
Can't be Responsible - Off his Meds today
In my older codes, the max bending stress for an unshored composite steel beam was limited to 0.9xFy during construction. It appears in the new 13th ed. these beams are subject to the same design parameters as normal beams. (16.1-83 Ic., as covered in Chapeter F, basically Omega = 1.67 etc).
I was never a fan of this in the old code, but am I understanding this correctly? Or is there some special load combination for construction loads that I am not aware of to compinsate for this which would bring this closer to the old code in capacity?
I was never a fan of this in the old code, but am I understanding this correctly? Or is there some special load combination for construction loads that I am not aware of to compinsate for this which would bring this closer to the old code in capacity?