• Connection design - Column splice with plates in flanges and web (moment and shear conenction)

    Hi! I am having some issues to design this kind of connection. I found that there is available a connection type that alouds me to project a moment connection only with flange plates (just for Fx and Mz). And there is also another type for shear splices…
  • RE: un-reasonable formula for Different size Column flange cover plate splice connection

    The inner surfaces of the column flanges need to match in order to utilize the interior plate option. When the columns are a different size a warning is presented in the results indicating. WARNINGS - The use of interior plates is not adequate due…
  • RE: RAM Connection Column Splice - Demand Calculation

    RAM Connection follows the recommendations from “Handbook of Structural Steel Connection Design and Details” by Akbar R. Tamboli” for AISC column splices. Specifically Section 2.2.5 Splices – columns and truss chords, from page 115 to 123. The simplest…