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Sizing reinforcing steel plate and screw spacing for masonry bond beams when openings have been adde

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Mechanics of Materials, E.P. Popov

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Reached same answer by an alternate method.

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Flitch plate & Screw Spacing

Assume exist lintel will be taking 1/3 of the load so use 2/3 of M & V here.

Plt thk (in): tt = 0.25 tb = 0.25

H = 14 lb= 2.125
Screw dist: ht = 1 hb = 1
Steel Yield (psi): FY = 36000
Shear-beam calc (lbf): V = 3601
Moment-beam calc (ft*lb): M = 16039
Allow Shear-top scr (lbf): vat = 355 Use 355 - 1/4" Tapcons
Allow Shear-bott scr (lbf): vab = 1550 Use 1550 - 1/2" Scr Anch
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Total area (in ): ΣA = 3.97 = (tt#NAME?
H + tb[lb - tt])
Area * Y (dist to centroids): ΣAy = 24.56 = #NAME?
(ttH[H / 2]) + (tb[lb - tt][tb / 2])
Location of Neutral Axis (in): Ψ = 6.2 = ΣA y /
#NAME?
Dist - N.A. to centroids (in): dt = 0.81 ΣA db = 6.06
Total Mom of Inertia (in4): IT (in4) = 76.7 #NAME?
 IT = (ttH3 / 12 + [ttHdt2]) + ([lb - tt]tb3 / 12 + tb[lb - tt]db2)
Bending Stress (psi): 15526.3 Allow σb (psi): = 21600
OK Factor of Safety (FS): 1.39
Shear Stress (psi): 907.3 Allow τb (psi): = 14400
OK Factor of Safety (FS): 15.87

yb1 = 5.69 yb2 = 6.06

At: 0.25 Ab1 = 0.25 Ab2 = 0.47

yt: 5.7 yb: 5.9 Ab: 0.72

Shear- top screws: 66.8 Top Scr Spacing (in): 5.32

Shear-bott screws: 200.2 Bott Scr Spacing (in): 7.74
(note: spacings are for location along beam corresponding to shear values entered above)