Design of Curved Members with the new AISC Design Guide [N5]

This session will provide an overview of AISC Design Guide 33:  Curved Member Design, with detailed design information on vertically-curved members and a brief discussion of horizontally-curved members. This session will also address connection design for curved members and the effects of cross-sectional distortion caused bending in the plane of curvature. Although the structural behavior of curved members can be much different from their straight counterparts, the design guide provides recommendations for using the AISC Specification equations for straight members to design curved members. This "equivalent straight member" method will allow the use of existing commercial software for curved member design by modifying effective length factors and lateral-torsional buckling modification factors to account for the curvature.

This course is based on a past NASCC session.

You must purchase and pass a quiz to receive a PDH certificate for this course.

Intended Audience: Engineers, Fabricators, Erectors
Track: Design & Analysis

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Design of Curved Members with the New AISC Design Guide