• RAM Frame - BRB Expected Strength - Column force at intersecting frames?

    AISC 341-16 section D1-4a requires columns of intersecting frames to be designed considering yielding of frames in both directions simultaneously. Does RAM Frame take this into account? It would appear that the expected BRB forces applied to the column…
  • RAM SS Orthogonal Effect with Redundancy Factor

    Hi, I have a building with two orthogonal braced frame intersecting, which makes one of the column forms both lateral system in the orthogonal direction. Per ASCE 7-10, section 12.5.3.a, Orthogonal Combination Procedure shall apply (see figure 1 below…