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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>HSS truss connection</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/169918/hss-truss-connection</link><description>In truss connection of HSS (chord and branch), in the interaction equation (last check) it uses the maximum ratios from each case of loading, when in interaction equation we should use each maximum ratio with its corresponding ratio. Attached a model</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: HSS truss connection</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/488150?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2018 07:46:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:2e8c13bb-b3d3-4bef-a5a1-8aa64197c4bb</guid><dc:creator>Shady Abdelmessih</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Thank you Seth.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: HSS truss connection</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/487995?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2018 14:49:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:09a7f981-425d-4aac-a5ec-7a3928013249</guid><dc:creator>Seth Guthrie</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;We will make the change to be less conservative in the next update.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: HSS truss connection</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/487833?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2018 17:34:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:ae6ffa5b-3027-4578-892c-9f5daf2498ed</guid><dc:creator>Seth Guthrie</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;It does seem too conservative to take the max in-plane moment and the max out-of-plane moment into the final interaction check since they are from different load combinations. I&amp;#39;ll pass this along to&amp;nbsp;the product manger for confirmation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>