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This will come down to judgment: yours. I would love to tell you that, at an [Ix_truss / Ix_chord = 4.719], now there's a problem...

iStructE has a very good introductory series: Modules That's probably a fair bit less mathy than you're looking for but, if you're new...

Lots of good stuff out there. NEHRP #6 is a good start and a freebie: NEHRP #6. Tall Building Structures by Stafford and Coull is...

Just throwing out an idea here, working from the perspective of prioritizing the capacity and stiffness of the two significant moments.

When I compare the moments coming into the joint, it has this flavor: 1) VLFRS moment frames coming from both sides with the column in...

It's been a while since I've done something like this but my recollection is that the AISC procedures account for that as something like...

Yes, I picked up on that. And that's wonderful. It warms my heart to see someone mounting a spirited defense of the metal plate...

I have some measure of sympathy for that approach at the truss bearing (bottom). I would argue that it is not a rational approach at...

So you do not trust the moment connection shown below then? I've not shown any eccentricities but acknowledge their presence. In this...

To be clear, I do not object to the use of blocking as rotational member restraint for shallow depth members like 2x framing, TJI, etc...

Hell yes, count me in. In my opinion, OP's lose ownership of their threads as conversations evolve. @struct_eeyore has been well...

It certainly raises my hackles a bit. I would like to see the layout that includes these trusses. Sort of? In these situations, a...

You have a lot of options. Perhaps something like this? or a field-welded similar option? Running the W12 continuous over the column is...

You could add cover plates. That would be fairly simple if those plates could fit between your existing bolts. If not, you might have...

You could do something similar to the detail below if that would be permissible spatially and te bolts would work in the existing plates.