AISC 813 : 1999 ERRATA 2012
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WIDE-FLANGE COLUMN STIFFENING AT MOMENT CONNECTIONS
01-12-2013
1 Introduction
1.1 Scope
1.2 Column Stiffening
1.3 References Specifications
1.4 Definitions of Wind, Low-Seismic, and
High-Seismic Applications
1.5 Acknowledgements
2 Strong-Axis Moment Connections to Unreinforced Columns
2.1 Force Transfer in Unreinforced Columns
2.2 Determining the Design Strength of an Unreinforced
Column
2.3 Column Cross-Sectional Stiffness Considerations
2.4 Design Aids
3 Economical Selection of Columns
3.1 Achieving Balance Between Increases In Material
Cost and Reductions in Labor Cost
3.2 Eliminating Column Stiffening
3.3 Minimizing the Economic Impact of Column Stiffening
Requirements in Wind and Low-Seismic Applications
3.4 Minimizing the Economics Impact of Column Stiffening
Requirements in High-Seismic Applications
4 Strong-Axis Moment Connections to Stiffened Columns
4.1 Determining the Column Stiffening Requirements
4.2 Force Transfer in Stiffened Columns
4.3 Design of Transverse Stiffeners
4.4 Design of Web Doubler Plates
5 Special Considerations
5.1 Column Stiffening for Beams of Differing Depth
and/or Top of Steel
5.2 Column Stiffening for Weak-Axis Moment Connections
5.3 Column Stiffening for Concurrent Strong- and
Weak-Axis Moment Connections
5.4 Web Doubler Plates as Reinforcement for Local Web
Yielding, Web Crippling, and/or Compression
Buckling of the Web
5.5 Web Doubler Plates at Locations of Weak-Axis
Connections
5.6 Diagonal Stiffeners
6 Design Examples
Example 6-1
Example 6-2
Example 6-3
Example 6-4
Example 6-5
Example 6-6
Example 6-7
Example 6-8
Example 6-9
Example 6-10
Example 6-11
Example 6-12
Example 6-13
Example 6-14
APPENDIX A
APPENDIX B
APPENDIX C
APPENDIX D
Special Considerations
Moment Connections to Column Webs
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