https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/109711/ram-connection---moment-end-plate-beam-spliceUsing RAM Connection to design a moment end plate beam splice which is flush on one end and extended downwards (MEP BS Extended downwards). When the program calculates the web weld shear strength, it only uses half of the weld length. When calculatingen-USTelligent Community 12https://communities.bentley.com/thread/333979?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 11 Aug 2015 19:21:11 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:b2a5769b-6676-4768-9b19-537f24948855Seth Guthrie<p>I believe this comes from AISC Design Guide 4, Section 2.1 paragraph 8:</p> <p>Only the web to end plate weld between the mid-depth&nbsp;of the beam and the inside face of the beam compression&nbsp;flange may be used to resist the beam shear. This&nbsp;assumption is based on engineering judgment; literature&nbsp;is not available to substantiate or contradict this assumption.</p> <p>Design Guide 16, page 12 makes a similar point.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>