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Design of Connections for Axial, Moment, and Shear Forces

Design of Connections for Axial, Moment, and Shear Forces 87

Figure 2.17 Bracing connection to a column flange utilizing a
shear plate.

and column in accordance with their stiffnesses (the brace is usually
assumed to remain an axial force member and so is not included in the
moment distribution), can be performed. If denotes the fraction of the
moment that is distributed to the beam, then horizontal and vertical
forces, H and V , respectively, acting at the gusset to beam, gusset-to-
column, and beam-to-column connection centroids due to the distribu-
tion of M are

s1 2 dM
Hr 5
1 e B
M 2 Hr
Vr 5

These forces, shown in Fig. 2.19b, are to be added algebraically to the
concentric UFM forces acting at the three connection interfaces. Note

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