Bracing Connections and Related Topics Session 5: Vertical Bracing

Connections - Corner Connection Part 2 - High-Seismic Systems –

October 27, 2014
To be submitted by 8:00 p.m. EDT November 14, 2014 – Submit through online
form

Night School 6 – Bracing Connections and Related Topics

Quiz 5

1. In the Uniform Force Method Special Case IV, a column web connection is treated as
though it were a column flange connection.
a. True
b. False

2. In the Seismic Provisions, AISC 341-10, the buckling length of a brace is taken as the
work-point to work-point length of the brace.
a. True
b. False

3. In the extended end plate used in the Session 5 example, there is an upper limit on the
plate thickness that can be ignored.
a. True
b. False

4. The force denoted “F” in the presentation was necessary to deliver the beam gravity
shear to the column web face.
a. True
b. False

5. An advantage of the in-plane brace buckling configuration used in Session 5 is:

a. It will likely cause less damage to near-by partitions or facades.
b. Generally smaller gusset plates because there is no “2t” accommodation
required.
c. Less demand on the gusset to beam and gusset to column connections because
there is no tendency for the gusset to bend out-of-plane.
d. All of the above

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 Bracing Connections and Related Topics Session 5: Vertical Bracing
Connections - Corner Connection Part 2 - High-Seismic Systems –
October 27, 2014
To be submitted by 8:00 p.m. EDT November 14, 2014 – Submit through online
form

6. The effective net area of the brace must be not less than the brace gross area.
a. True
b. False

7. The elliptical interaction equation used for the bi-axial block shear situation is
explicitly required in the AISC Specification or AISC Provisions.
a. True
b. False

8. Each bolt must be checked for :

a. Shear and bearing
b. Shear and tearout
c. Shear, bearing and tearout
d. None of the above

9. The primary purpose of the Whitmore section is to provide a method to check gusset
buckling.
a. True
b. False

10. The element of the extended shear plate that provides the required seismic ductility is:
a. The weld
b. The bolts
c. The welds and the bolts
d. The plate

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