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Brace setting out calculation
With some user inputed info, it calculates the remaining info required for setting out of brace. In Both metric and english units, (metric to the nearest mm, and english to the nearest 1/16").
The password ' _Pa55word ' may be used to unlock spreadsheets.
Aids in the design of the gusset plate for Specially Concentrically Braced Frames and is based on the 2005 AISC Seismic Provisions and a Steel Tips referenced in the spreadsheet documentation. This tool was originally published as an AISC Steel Solutions Center 'SteelTool'. AISC no longer technically supports and maintains these files. Therefore, it is availale to any user 'unlocked' for those to freely update and modify on their own and post to their own profiles. This document has been prepared in accordance with information made available to the American Institute of Steel Construction at the time of its preparation. This document has not been prepared for conventional use as an engineering or construction document and shall not be used or relied upon for any specific application without competent professional examination and verification of its accuracy, suitability, and applicability by a licensed engineer or architect. The American Institute of Steel Construction disclaim any liability arising from information provided by others or from the unauthorized use of the information contained in this document.
The purpose of this spreadsheet is to help the connection engineers to to calculate HSS section (square and rectangular) connected to gusset plate via bolted through plate.
Longitudinal-Plate Bracing Connections Designed with AISC Guide 24, AISC 14th edition
This spreadsheet checks the HSS wall plastification - this is the only limit state to be checked for axial load. Only the axial force is to be considered-P
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*sinθ for this check.