Revisions and Errata List

AISC Steel Design Guide 4, 2nd Edition, 1st Printing (Printed Copy)
September 15, 2014

The following list represents corrections to the first printing (dated April 2004) of the second edition of AISC
Design Guide 4, Extended End-Plate Moment Connections Seismic and Wind Applications.

Page(s) Item

9 In Item 7, change “yield stress” to “specified minimum yield stress, Fy,”.

10 In Equation 2.3, the f at the end of the equation should be deleted.

20 In the right column, in the list of variables defined following Equation 3.6, Fi should be changed
to Ft.

22 Equation 3.21 should read:

M cf   b F yc Yc t fc2

22 In the right column, revise the first sentence to read: “Therefore, the maximum beam flange
design force that can be delivered to the unstiffened beam flange is”.

22 Equation 3.24 should be changed to:

 
Rn   Ct 6kc  2t p  N  Fyc twc
 

25 The equation for Yp should be replaced with:

bp   1 1   1  1 2 
Yp   h1     h0 
2   p fi s  p  
  2   g  h1 p fi  s 
  fo  

26 For Case 1, the equation for Yp should be replaced with:

bp   1 1   1 1  2
Yp   h    h ( p  s)  h0(de  p fo) 
2  1  p fi s  0  p fo 2s   g  1 fi
h
 

26 For Case 2, the equation for Yp should be replaced with:

bp   1 1  1 1  2 
Yp   h   
2  1  p fi s  0  s p fo   g  1 fi
h  
h p  s  h0 s  p fo 
 
 

27 For Case 1, the equation for Yp should be replaced with:

 bp   1   1   1   1 
Yp   h1  2d   h2  p   h3  p   h4  s  
2   e  fo   fi   
2  pb   3 pb   p   3p  
  h1  d e  h p   h p  b  h s  b   pb2   g
g  4  2  fo 4  3  fi 4  4  4  

27 For Case 2, the equation for Yp should be replaced with:

bp   1   1   1   1 
Yp  h h h
2  1  s  2  p fo  3  p fi  4  s  
h

2  p   3p   p   3p  
  h1  s  b   h2  p fo  b   h3  p fi  b   h4  s  b   pb2   g
g  4   4   4   4  

28 The equation for Yc for unstiffened column flanges should be replaced with:

b  1  1  2   3c   c  c2  g
Yc  fc  h1    h0      h1  s    h0  s     
2  s  s   g   4  4 2  2


28 The equation for Yc for stiffened column flanges should be replaced with:

b  1 1  1 1  2
Yc  fc  h1   
2   s psi 
 h0       h1  s  psi   h0  s  pso  
 s pso   g

29 The equation for Yc for unstiffened column flanges should be replaced with:

b  1  1 
Yc  fc  h1    h4   
2  s  s 
2   c  p c p c  g
  h1  pb   s   h2  b    h3  b    h4  s   
g  2   2 4  2 2  2

29 The equation for Yc for stiffened column flanges should be replaced with:

b fc  1  1   1   1 
Yc   h1  s   h2  pso   h3  psi   h4  s  
2  
2  pb   3 pb   p   3p  
  h1  s    h2  pso    h3  psi  b   h4  s  b   pb2   g
g  4   4   4   4  

33 In the left column, under “12. Check Compression Bolts Bearing/Tearout”, item i), the tearout
check on the bolts should be revised from “Tearout Outer Bolts” to “Tearout Inner Bolts”.

33 In the left column, under “12. Check Compression Bolts Bearing/Tearout”, at the end of item i)
add the statement: “Because the shear force at the connection is up, that is toward the center of
the beam and the compression side is at the bottom, edge bolt tearout is not a limit state.”

33 In the left column, under the heading “13. Design Welds”, item ii), “The required weld to
develop the bending stress in the beam web near the tension bolts using E70 electrodes” should
read:
  0.9   0.9 
  Fyb twb   (50)(0.375)
D
1.5 

1.5 
2(1.392) 2(1.392)
 4.04 sixteenths
USE 5/16 in. Fillet Welds

33 In the left column, under the heading “13. Design Welds”, item ii), the words “bending stress in
the beam web” should be replaced with “yield stress of the beam web”.

34 In the left column, under the heading “16. Calculate Local Web Yielding Strength”, the equation
for N should read:

N  t fb  2(groove weld reinforcement leg size)

 5 
 0.522 in.  2  in. 
 16 
 1.15 in.

34 In the left column, under the heading “16. Calculate Local Web Yielding Strength”, the equation
for Rn should read:
Rn  Ct (6kc  N  2t p ) Fyc twc
 1.0(1.0)[6(1.46)  1.15  2(1.25)](50)(0.525)
 326 kips  F fu  396 kips
 Column Stiffeners Required
34 In the right column, under the heading “18. Calculate Web Crippling Strength”, the equation for
Rn should read:
 1.5 
2 1  3  N   twc 
  E Fyc t fc
Rn  0.80twc     (3.29)
  dc   t fc   twc
  
  1.15  0.525  
1.5
29000(50)(0.860)
 0.75(0.80)(0.525) 2 1  3    
  14.3  0.860   0.525
 284 kips  F fu  396 kips
 Column Stiffeners Required

36 In the left column, under the heading “1. Connection Design Moment”, the inequality should be
replaced with:

M uc  4000 kip-in.  M p  0.9  50 126 

 5670 kip-in.

37 In the left column, under the heading “9. Check Shear Rupture of Extended Portion of End
Plate,” the equation below “Check Inequality 3.13” should be replaced with:
 F fu
 98.5 kips  Rn  179 kips OK
2

37 In the right column, the first part of step 13 should be modified and rearranged to read:

13. Design Welds

i) Beam Flanges to End-Plate Weld

Note: For wind and low-seismic applications, it is recommended that the weld design
force, Ru, be taken equal to the calculated flange force but not less than   0.6  Fy A fb .
This recommended minimum weld design force is based upon engineering judgment
and intended to preclude small weld sizes on comparatively larger beams sized for
stiffness, and to account for the variations in the distribution of the flange force across
the weld length.

Minimum Fillet Weld size c in.

  0.6  Fy A fb  0.9  0.6  50 ksi  8.22 in.  0.522 in 

 116 kips
Ru  F fu    0.6  Fy A fb
Ru  197 kips  116 kips
Use Ru = 197 kips.

The remainder of step 13 beginning with “Effective length of weld…” is unchanged.

38 In the left column, item ii), “The required weld to develop the bending stress in the beam web
near the tension bolts using E70 electrodes” should read:

 0.9   0.9 
  Fybtwb   (50)(0.375)
R  1.5 
  1.5 
2(1.392) 2(1.392)
 4.04 sixteenths
USE 5/16 in. Fillet Welds

38 In the left column, item ii), the words “bending stress in the beam web” should be replaced with
“yield stress of the beam web”.

39 In the left column, the equation under “18. Calculate Web Crippling Strength” should read:

 1.5 
2 1  3  N   twc 
  E Fyc t fc
Rn  0.80twc    
  dc   t fc   twc
  
  0.787  0.525   29000(50)(0.860)
1.5
 0.75(0.80)(0.525)2 1+3    ×
  14.3  0.860   0.525 in.
= 275 kips > F fu =197 kips
 Column Stiffeners Not Required
44 In the right column, under the heading “12. Check Compression Bolts Bearing/Tearout”, the
value of ni should be changed to 4 and the value of no should be changed to 4.

46 In the left column, under the heading “16. Calculate Local Web Yielding Strength”, the
Equation for N should read:

N  t fb  2(groove weld reinforcement leg)

 5 
 0.522 in.  2  in. 
 16 
 1.15 in.

46 In the left column, under the heading “16. Calculate Local Web Yielding Strength”, the equation
for Rn should read:

Rn  Ct (6kc  N  2t p ) Fyc twc

 1.0(1.0)[6(1.46)  1.15  2(0.875)](50)(0.525)
 306 kips < F fu  399 kips
 Column Stiffeners Required

46 In the right column, “18. Calculate Web Crippling Strength” should read:

 1.5 
2 1  3  N   twc 
  E Fyc t fc
Rn  0.80twc    
  dc   t fc   twc
  
  1.15  0.525   29000(50)(0.860)
1.5
 0.75(0.80)(0.525) 1+3 
2
  ×
  14.3  0.860   0.525
= 284 kips < F fu = 399 kips
 Column Stiffeners Required