Connections: Art, Science, and Information in the Quest for Economy and Safety - Current Views From Past Higgins Award Winners [O1]

Few people are as familiar with changes to steel connection design over the last 25 years as the Chair of the AISC Manual Committee from 1985 to 2011. This is your chance to get a unique insider perspective on major changes such as the uniform brace method for bracing connections, improved ductility requirements for simple shear connections, recognition of the Lower Bound Theorem of limit analysis as a fundamental principle of structural steel design for both mainframe and connections, a prying action solution formulation that has been used in every AISC Manual from the 1st Edition LRFD Manual, gusset buckling analysis based on the Whitmore section and an equivalent simple column, development of a method for the design of extended single-plate shear connections, and a method to estimate the effects of eccentricities in claw angle-bracing connections.

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