Continuing Education
Connection Design for Moment Frames and Braced Frames
4-Part Webinar Series
Registration is no longer available for this event. This 4-part webinar series will offer essential instruction in the design of moment and bracing connections. The first two sessions will focus on the design of the most common types of moment connections. The third session will provide the basics on the design of moment and bracing connections in high-seismic regions. The final session will focus on the design of light and heavy bracing connections, making use of the Uniform Force Method. There will be design examples throughout, illustrating how to properly apply AISC standards to the design of these critical connections. Take this course, and be ready to immediately use it on the design of your next moment or braced frame!
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- Date: 2/19/2020 to 3/11/2020
- Duration: 1.5 hours per session
- Location: Live Webinar Series
- PDH Credits: 1.5 PDH per Session (Up to 6.0 PDH)
- Registration Deadline: 2/19/2020 10:00 a.m.
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Connection Instructions: Upon registration, you will receive a confirmation email containing your receipt, information on accessing the webinar, and a link to a PDF handout of slides.
Sessions
This session will address wind and low-seismic moment connection design. Common moment configurations, either with the beam flange welded directly to the column, or with flange plates connecting the beam to the column, will be presented. Local limit states for the column will be discussed and applied in a design example.
This session will review the prying phenomenon, and its effect on certain moment connections. End-plate and tee-stub moment connections will be discussed. Design examples will be presented to demonstrate concepts.
This session will provide an overview of seismic connections for engineers that don’t typically perform seismic design. The concepts of ductile mechanisms and capacity design will be introduced. The characteristics of special and intermediate moment frame connections will be explained, and the current prequalified moment connection types will be discussed. The session will also cover the design of special concentrically braced frame connections. Brief design examples, highlighting key calculations for both moment connections and bracing connections, will be presented to demonstrate concepts.
This session will present information on light and heavy bracing connections, and discuss the differences and similarities between the two. The applicable limit states for each will be identified, and demonstrated in design examples. The examples will apply the Uniform Force Method for analysis and design.
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Speakers
Brad Davis
Brad Davis is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY.
Matthew R. Eatherton
Matthew R. Eatherton is an Associate Professor at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA.
Registration
Price Info
| Individual Registration |
$95 Member Registration includes both sessions. |
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| Group Registration |
$325 Member Registration includes both sessions. Registration is good for only one connection. |
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| Accommodations for Stay-at-home and Safer-at-home orders |
In light of the recent changes to daily work life, we understand that many people are working from home at this time. If the individual registration option is not feasible for your company, we will accommodate each attendee who would typically gather in your office conference room. Once you've registered as a group registration, contact registration@aisc.org for further details on how to connect your employees and receive certificates. |
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PDH Credits
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Group Registration |
1.5 PDHs per webinar (up to 3 PDHs) to unlimited attendees at each connection |
| Individual Registration | Up to 3 PDHs (1.5 PDHs per attended session) to the registrant only |
Attendance
| Group Registration | Live only |
| Individual Registration | Watch sessions live or watch"make up" (recorded) sessions available online for four weeks after air date. Credit for recorded sessions is given only when quiz is passed. |
Quiz + Recording Access
| Group Registration | Not available |
| Individual Registration | Quiz and recording access will be available online for four weeks after the air date. Access to quizzes and recordings are available through MyAISC account. |
Cancellation Policy
| Group Registration | Substitutions can be made at any time. Cancellations received 1-3 days prior to Session 1 will be charged a $50 service charge. Cancellations and no shows the day of Session 1 and later will not receive a refund. |
| Individual Registration | Substitutions can be made at any time. Cancellations received 1-3 days prior to Session 1 will be charged a $50 service charge. Cancellations and no shows the day of Session 1 and later will not receive a refund. |