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Bracing Connections
A soon to be published American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) Design Guide is reviewed. A consistent design approach to bracing connections, based on the Lower Bound Theorem of Limit Analysis and analytical and experimental testing, is presented. Corner connections, central connections, and truss connections are discussed, and the corner connection case is generalized to non-orthogonal configurations. While there are many methods to design connections, emphasis is on the Uniform Force Method, which was developed by the first author and generalized by the second. A number of worked examples are presented in the Design Guide. This paper extracts parts of this Design Guide for presentation here.
Bracing Connections
A soon to be published American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) Design Guide is reviewed. A consistent design approach to bracing connections, based on the Lower Bound Theorem of Limit Analysis and analytical and experimental testing, is presented. Corner connections, central connections, and truss connections are discussed, and the corner connection case is generalized to non-orthogonal configurations. While there are many methods to design connections, emphasis is on the Uniform Force Method, which was developed by the first author and generalized by the second. A number of worked examples are presented in the Design Guide. This paper extracts parts of this Design Guide for presentation here.
Bracing Connections
Thornton, William A. (author) / Muir, Larry S. (author)
Structures Congress 2008 ; 2008 ; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Structures Congress 2008 ; 1-8
2008-10-14
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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