Continuing on the closed thread (thread167-289587) topic of ACI318-08 D.3.3.5 - can anyone provide more guidance, details or links-to-examples of how to design the fuse element? More specifically, what overstrength factor to use and how to apply it in LRFD design? Is there an additional safety...
I'm looking to design a moment connection where a W-section is directly welded to the side of a HSS tube. I've looked in the AISC Hollow Structural Sections Connections Manual and they seem to only have guides where the W-section is welded to a HSS column, at an orientation 90 degrees from what...