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Unlike building codes, design specifications have no legal standing on their own.

A 3/8 in. x 12 in. plate must resist a service dead load of 42 kips and a service live load of 62 kips in tension. The plate is connected to a gusset with eight 5/8 in. bolts. Standard sizing is used for the bolt holes. The steel is ASTM A572 Grade 60: Fy = 60 ksi, Fu = 75 ksi. Assume that Ae = An. Using LRFD, does the plate have enough strength?

The nurse is teaching a client who was recently diagnosed with thrombocytopenia.  Which instruction does the nurse include in this client’s discharge teaching?

A 0.93 in. x 11.2 in. plate is connected to a gusset with eight 1/2 in. bolts. Standard sizing is used for the bolt holes. What is the gross area of the plate?

A 0.56 in. x 11.0 in. plate is connected to a gusset with eight 7/8 in. bolts. Standard sizing is used for the bolt holes. What is the gross area of the plate?

Members exposed to bending and axial load are called _______.

When working on the design of a new structure, the first priority of a structural engineer is _______.

A 3/8 in. x 11 in. plate must resist a service dead load of 58 kips and a service live load of 54 kips in tension. The plate is connected to a gusset with eight 1 in. bolts. Standard sizing is used for the bolt holes. The steel is ASTM A36: Fy = 36 ksi, Fu = 58 ksi. Assume that Ae = An. Using ASD, does the plate have enough strength?

The symbol W represents _______.

LRFD load combinations 6 and 7 (0.9D + 1.0W; 0.9D + 1.0E) account for the possibility of dead load and wind or earthquake load counteracting each other.