Technical Note
Joint Design
When using UBC-LRFD97 design code, the structural joints are checked or designed for the following:
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Check for the requirement of continuity plate and determination of its area
(see Technical Note Design of Continuity Plates Steel Frame Design UBCLRFD)
Check for the requirement of doubler plate and determination of its thickness (see Technical Note Design of Doubler Plates Steel Frame Design
UBC-LRFD)
Check for the ratio of beam flexural strength to column flexural strength
Rmaj
pbn
cos n
n =1
M pcax + M pcbx
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Rmin
pbn
cos n
n =1
M pcay + M pcby
where,
Rmaj,min =
Mpbn
Angle between the n-th beam and the column major direction
Mpcax,y
Mpcbx,y
nb
The plastic moment capacities of the columns are reduced for axial force effects and are taken as:
Mpc
Zc
Fyc
Puc
Agc
where,
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For the above calculations, the section of the column above is taken to be the
same as the section of the column below, assuming that the column splice will
be located some distance above the story level.
CM pb
L
+1.2VDL + 0.5VLL
(UBC 2211.4.8.2.b)
where
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Mpb
VDL
VLL
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and 1 and in Seismic Zone 2 with Importance factor equal to 1 (UBC 2210.2,
UBC 2211.4.2.1).
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