" Column Flange Stiffener " connection design locks

Column stiffeners opposite to a beam moment connection are designed per " Column Flange Stiffener " locks when a wide flange or welded plate wide flange beam with a moment connection frames to the flange of a column. If " Design for stiffeners " is selected for the moment connection, flange stiffeners are designed on an as-needed basis. Null values (e.g., distances of ' 0 ') are entered if no stiffeners have been designed. These locks control the flange stiffeners on both sides (NS and FS) of the column web.

(W beam to a W column flange, moment column flange stiffeners)
(beam " Section size " = wide flange or welded plate wide flange or a similar flanged section)
(" Input connection type " = ' Shear ' or ' Clip angle ' or ' Bent plate ' or ' End plate ' or ' User defined ')
(" Moment type " = ' Bolted ' or ' Welded ')
(" Design for stiffeners ")
" Column Flange Stiffeners "

Availability : The " Column Flange Stiffeners " connection design locks become available to users of a full-featured SDS2 program when " Design for stiffeners " is selected for a welded or bolted moment connection, regardless of whether or not flange stiffeners are required. If the stiffeners are not required, the connection design locks have null values (e.g., distances of ' 0 ') and no physical flange stiffeners are designed. If the user of that full-featured SDS2 program then sets at least one of the null-value locks to a non-null value, a stiffener will be designed around the user-entered values even if the stiffener is not required.
Related locks :

NS/FS Clip
Bent Plate
Shear Tab
Moment End Plate

Top/Btm Moment Plate (bolted)
Top/Btm Moment Plate (welded)
Top/Btm Moment Angle
Column Flange Doublers

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Connection design locks :

Locks not on the drawing are marked ( not depicted ).

  Column Flange Stiffeners

Opposite to a beam moment connection

Top of upper stiffener ( top of upper ):

Bottom of lower stiffener ( bottom of lower ):

Length NS top ( len NS top ):

Length FS top ( len FS top ):

Length NS bottom ( len NS bttm ):

Length FS bottom ( not depicted ):

Plate width ( width ):

Plate thickness ( thickness ):

Corner clip/cope length ( cut length ):

Corner clip/cope length at flange ( cut length at flange ):

Plate to column web weld ( web ):

Plate to column flange weld ( flange ):

Clip (or Cope) corner NS top ( not depicted ):

Clip corner FS top ( not depicted ):

Clip corner NS bottom ( not depicted ):

Clip corner FS bottom ( not depicted ):

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