RAM connection Standalone 2023: HSS wall slenderness check in single plate connections.
Hi,
I am writing to report an issue with the RAM Connection Standalone 2023 software. I noticed that when I was designing a W beam to HSS column single plate (shear tab connection), the software did not check the slenderness of the HSS wall as per AISC…
OpenSTAAD | OSPropertyUI::CreateHSSRoundPropertyFromTable not available.
I'm using STAAD.Pro Script Editor and OpenSTAAD API Reference to generate a structural model.
Unfortunately, t he OpenSTAAD function (OSPropertyUI::CreateHSSRoundPropertyFromTable) to create HSS Round shapes from table is not available.
Question:…
HSS to W Beam Section - Through Plate Connection
Anyone else experience this warning for HSS width/thickness ratio for an HSS column connection? It appears that RAM is back calculating a max thickness for wall thickness. (image attached)
Tubular Truss Connections [FAQ]
Applies To
Product(s):
RAM Connection; Ram Elements; STAAD.Pro
Version(s):
13.0 or later
Area:
User Interface; Design
Why ?
The Tubular Truss connections were added in version 13…
Chord Branch type connections between HSS members
Applies To
Product(s):
STAAD.Pro
Version(s):
Connect Edition
Environment:
ALL
Area:
STAAD.Pro Support Solutions
Subarea:
Connection Design workflow
Original Author:
…
Staad and AISC Sesimic Provisions and Tube Shapes
I have an equipment screen wall frame.
The screen wall frame is HSS columns and HSS beams.
Bracing is not allowed so we have consider it a moment frame.
It is in seismic design category D.
Will Staad perform AISC seismic provisions code checks…
RAM Connection: HSS Truss Ductility Warning
RAM Connection CE 13.0 issues a Material Ductility warning in the limits of applicability section when using ASTM A500 Grade C because the vaule is 0.81 and the maximum value is 0.80. The notes in Table K4.2A state that "ASTM A500 Grade C is acceptable…
RAM: HSS Column splice defect
In a HSS column splice connections, checks for the "yielding of the end plate" is taken the same to the "tensile strength of bolts". please advise.
Model and results attached.
Results.pdf HSS CS error.zip
HSS truss connection
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…
RAM Connection CONNECT Edition (v12.0.0) Release Notes
RAM Connection CONNECT Edition v12.0.0 Release Notes – Updated March 2018
Enhancements :
1. Hollow structural section connections. Based on AISC 360-16 and the AISC Design Guide 24. Including:
HSS-to-HSS Truss Connections:
Y-T connections
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RE: Issue on torsion checks of round HSS using AISC 360-10
For HSS sections, torsion check is automatically carried out. The design parameter TORSION only affects the torsion check for non-HSS sections. Regarding the second part of your question, the HSS torsional constant ( C ) is considered as per the values…
OMF Connection to HSS Column
The project I'm working on is in SDC D (so no R = 3), but we fall into the exception of 12.2.5.6.1 which allows us to use OMF for our situation. Due to architectural constraints, we're looking at using HSS columns with wide flange beams to make up the…
Ry and HSS Steel Materials Imported from RAM Structural System
Product(s):
RAM Connnection; RAM Structural System
Version(s):
N/A
Environment:
N/A
Area:
Modeling; Design
Original Author:
Bentley Technical Support Group
ASTM A500 Grade B (Fy = 46 ksi) has…
No tube sections within American Steel database
Applies To
Product(s):
STAAD.Pro
Version(s):
20.07.11.82 and up
Environment:
ALL
Area:
General
Subarea:
American Section database
Original Author:
Sye Chakraborty, Bentley…
ASTM A1085 HSS in STAAD?
With the new ASTM A1085 spec for HSS you no longer have to use 0.93 times the nominal wall thickness, you can use the nominal wall thickness. When will this be implemented in STAAD? I see it has been in RAM since 2013. I suppose you could use TS sections…
RE: Does Ram Connection address a w-shape beam moment connection to an HSS column? The column continues above this cantilever beam condition.
Yes. In RAM Connection, you can assign the following moment connections for a W-shape beam connected to a HSS column:
1. Diaphragm Plate (Smart Connection - Smart FP Bolted or Smart FP Welded)
2. Directly Welded (Smart Connection - Smart DW)
…
RE: Ram Connection HSS MEP for Column Splices
Regretfully our MEP beam splice is limited to wide flange shapes in Ram Connection v11. We still have some work left to implement more HSS connections.
I suppose you could look at it as a base plate, but that's not ideal.
Limcon currently has a joint…