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what causes a stream to meander?

By WoodEngineering Posted on February 28, 2022 Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with bank, braided, channel, control, creek, delta, discharge, flat, flow, grade, gradient, gravel, hydraulic, Lane, meander, meandering, ocean, oxbow, river, sediment, slope, steep, stream, thalweg, transport, valley, water

What Causes a Stream or River to `Meander’? (First) Hydraulic Equilibrium. Let’s think about a river that flows into the ocean. But the same could be said for a river entering a lake, or some other feature that `fixes’ the …

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… and now for the headers

By WoodEngineering Posted on September 15, 2021 Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with bending, column, concentrated, design, eave, load, NDS, overhang, ply, post, rake, roof, slope, stress, uniform

As an engineer I tend to design structures from the top down. First the roof loads, which determine rafters, or trusses, or whatever roof framing members. Then the beams/headers/girders supporting the rafters, then the columns or walls supporting the headers, …

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what causes a stream to meander?

… and now for the headers