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I've had some ideas in that regard. Simple stuff that would also be fun to study here. Like little college homework problems. 1) Ask...

You guys are old.... :)

This would want to be a bolted cap plate connection around here too. Depending on the relative depths of the two beams (do tell), the...

I don't love it. Introducing a new technology to the project for only a small number of elements usually winds up being cost...

I was also going to recommend castellating. It does reduce shear capacity but that's rarely what governs the design of a steel beam...

I don't know Euro but, rationally, I feel that it makes sense to only consider one of those point loads at a time. I imagine that the...

Doh... the moment that I've been fearing has arrived. Despite being the OP of the other thread, I was kind of hoping to skate under the...

Correct on all counts.

I am more familiar with software design and debugging in general, than I am Truss software specifically. So, as they say, I don't have...

Nope, not really. And, fundamentally, that's the problem. This will be painfully familiar to anyone who's attempted to model and...

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...