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[EphHirsch(--nospam--at)aol.com]

In a message dated 6/6/2002 5:01:12 PM Pacific Daylight Time, utej(--nospam--at)attbi.com writes:


> The NDS requires 4 bolt diameters from the centerline of 
> the bolt to the loaded edge of a wood member and 1.5 
> bolt diameters from the centerline of the bolt to the 
> unloaded edge of the wood member.  Does this mean for a 
> wood beam that is loaded with gravity load and is 
> supported at its end by a steel plate on each side (no 
> bearing bucket under the beam) with bolts, that the 4D 
> dimension is from the centerline of the top bolt to the 
> top of the beam and the 1.5D dimension is from the 
> centerline of the bottom bolt to the bottom of the beam?


A.  Yes