Engineers’ Corner: Unbraced Length in X-Bracing – Out-of-Plane Buckling
A typical concentrically braced frame featuring X-bracing and subject to a lateral load "P" is illustrated in Figure 1. The compression brace (C) is susceptible to in-plane buckling, although out-of-plane [...]
Engineers Corner: Technical Column
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Engineers Corner: Calculate the Location of the Plastic Neutral Axis for an Asymmetrical Steel Section
Assumption: Top flange is in compression and bottom flange is in tension. Definitions: PNA: The plastic neutral axis is defined as the axis that divides the cross section such that [...]
Engineers Corner: Moment Connections Designed for the Plastic Moment
Part 3 in the CISC Handbook of Steel Construction shows various configurations of beam-to-column moment connections designed to resist wind and gravity loads, along with detailed calculations. As illustrated [...]
Engineers Corner: Torsion Deformation and Stress Equations – Hollow Tube Sections
To calculate the shear stress, τ and angular deflection, θ caused by a torsional moment generated by the application of forces acting at some distance from the centroid, the polar [...]
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