Friday, April 6, 2007

Weak axis moment frame K Value

Greetings,
 
I am peer reviewing a job which has moment frames framing into the column weak axis. I wanted to know if I could compute the effective length factor (K) based on the Iy. This would mean getting a lower K value and hence, a higher axial load capacity.

Does this make sense?
 
Thanks
Anantha


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ANANTHA NARAYAN, E.I.
Structural Engineer
Bliss and Nyitray Inc.
Miami, FL - 33134


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