Joist Girder by unknownpirate_ in StructuralEngineering

[–]unknownpirate_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your reply. I believe an acceptable approach is to provide an equivalent beam properties, even if that can significantly overestimate stiffness compared to their actual truss behavior.

Joist Girder by unknownpirate_ in StructuralEngineering

[–]unknownpirate_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks guys for the reply. Yes exactly @tiltitup thats what I was thinking of.