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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