Per ASCE 7-05 -
Except for the exemptions
in 13.1.4, chapter 13
13.4 NONSTRUCTURAL COMPONENT
ANCHORAGE
....Components and their supports shall be attached (or anchored) to
the structure in accordance with the requirements of this section
and the attachment shall satisfy the requirements for the parent
material as set forth elsewhere in this standard.
Component attachments shall be bolted, welded, or otherwise
positively fastened without consideration of frictional resistance
produced by the effects of gravity. ....
13.4.6 Friction Clips. Friction clips shall not be used for anchorage
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Regards, Harold Sprague
> Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:08:54 -0800
> Subject: Friction Clip Connections, are they still accepted by ASCE 7? Unistut
> From: szuchuan@gmail.com
> To: seaint@seaint.org
>
> I wrote this e-mail to Mr. Anwar Yusuf about the use of friction clips
> about a month ago. e-mail: Anwar Yusuf <info@oes48.com>. His SE seals
> are on every page of the approved connection design.
>
> Since Mr. Yousuf has not respond to my question, could some of you on
> the list give me some guidelines please? Simply speaking, are the use
> of friction clips not acceptable to ASCE 7 anymore?
>
> Thanks
>
> Szuchuan Chang
>
> //==
>
> Mr. Yusuf
>
> I read your wire rope for brace on the web. It is very nice.
>
> Your are the expert on the code requirements in this area. Can you
> tell me that are the friction clip connections in the UNISTRUT;
> SUPERSTRUT; POWERSTRUT ... are they still accepted in the 2007
> California Building Code (which uses the ASCE 7)?
>
> Thanks
>
> Szuchuan Chang, SE
>
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