Gerber-Girders
In the design of continuous beams and Gerber beams, one must not confuse the inflection points in the vertical bending moment diagram with the inflection points in the laterally buckled shape...
Ductile Brace-End Rotation
Seismic Corner - Issue No. 51 This article discusses the ductile brace-end rotation requirements for Type MD and some of Type LD braced frames...
Flexural Buckling of Channel Sections
A common concern when checking flexural buckling of a channel section under axial load, is what radius of gyration should be used to calculate Fex and Fey? In S16-14 Clause 13.3.2, the elastic buckling stresses are given by: For singly-symmetric sections such as channels, the same clause specifies that the y-axis is taken as the axis [...]
Welcome to Steel Knowledge!
The Canadian Institute of Steel Construction’s Solutions Centre is pleased to announce the launch of its new technical blog, Steel Knowledge. As engineering boundaries expand and steel design and fabrication evolve, engineers, architects and fabricators are sure to benefit from this vital source of information. This new blog aims to foster the development and sharing of [...]