I believe that cross grain bending is not allowed in any situation that I know of.
We have previously connected the joist to the anchor bolt connecting the nailer to the CMU wall thus having a direct load path from the joist to the wall.
Dave Puskas, PE, SECB
(Senior Engineer, Structural)
Cyntergy aec
320 South Boston 12th Floor
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103
918-877-6000 ext. 394
From: Doug Mayer [mailto:doug.mayer@taylorteter.com]
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 2:12 PM
To: seaint@seaint.org
Subject: Nailer on Masory Wall
Situation: typical nailer on top of a cmu wall. Joists bearing on nailer and ties (H2.5) connecting joist to nailer for uplift.
Problem: DSA (California) backcheck comment believes that cross-grain bending of the nailer needs to be avoided and to design direct connection to cmu wall.
I have never seen the code address cross-grain bending in anything other than lateral anchorage of masonry/concrete walls to diaphragms. Does the code somewhere specify that cross-grain bending in this situation is not allowed? Any help would be appreciated.
TIA,
Doug Mayer, SE
Structural Engineer
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