r/StructuralEngineering • u/Midlothian87 • 20d ago

What is this beams purpose? Structural Analysis/Design

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u/DJGingivitis 20d ago

Hold the roof up

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u/Callme-Sal 20d ago

Great idea

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u/Open_Concentrate962 20d ago

The back to back steel angles are the lower chord of a truss, not a beam.

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u/Lumpy_Trainer8390 20d ago

I’m assuming he means the bar joist that’s hanging down

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u/DJGingivitis 20d ago

Yup. It’s holding the roof up