It appears that RAM Connection (v13 update 4) does not check the plate buckling limit state (analogous to the coped beam web buckling check) for extended shear tab beam to column web shear connections per the provisions of chapter 9 of the AISC steel…

I am reviewing (column beam brace) vertical brace connections that use unstiffened single plate connections for the gusset to column web interface. The fabricator has extended the plates out past the column flanges for constructability. After reviewing…