AISC Night School

October 26, 2015

Application of the AISC Seismic Design Manual

Session 5: Moment Frame Connections
Revised 10/28/2015 (slides 89, 90)

The gravity load on the beam is computed from

the load combination provided by AISC 358
Section 5.8, Step 4, as follows:
w u = 1.2D + 0.5 L + 0.2S
= 1.2(0.84 kip/ft) + 0.5(0.600 kip/ft)
= 1.31 kip/ft.

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The distance from the column face to the center of

the RBS cut is determined from AISC 358 as
Sh
follows:
Sh = a + (b / 2)
= 5.5 in. + (18 in. / 2)
a
b
= 14.5 in.
The distance between centers of RBS cuts is:
Lh = L (dcol / 2) 2Sh
= 360 in. (15.2 in. / 2) 2(14.5 in.)
= 316 in.
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