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Problem Statement: A wooden deck is constructed to support a haystack as shown. The joists of the floor are to be made with dressed air-dry douglas fir lumber with nominal widths of 2 inches. You know that a 14"x18"x36" square bale of this kind of hay weighs 67 lb, and you are assuming the hay in the haystack has the same density as these square bales. (This is probably a conservative estimate, since the bales are probably denser than the stack in reality.) You would like to design the joists to have a factor of safety of 5 against yielding. Determine the following:
(a) The maximum value of the distributed load applied to one joist. (b) The maximum bending moment experienced by one joist. (c) The minimum required height h of the joists. (d) The minimum required section modulus of the joists. (e) The smallest standard lumber size acceptable to use for joists.
Answers: (a) = (b) = (c) = (d) = (e) Lumber Choice = 2x4 2x6 2x8 2x10 2x12
be sure to include units with your answers
You can earn partial credit on this problem.