July11 Si Web PDF
July11 Si Web PDF
July11 Si Web PDF
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in the 2010 AISC Specification (a free download at www.aisc.
org/2010spec). AISC Steel Design Guide No. 24, Hollow Structural Heath Mitchell is director of technical assistance, Erin Criste is staff engineer, technical
assistant and Tom Schlafly is director of research at AISC. Larry Muir and Brad Davis are
Section Connections (www.aisc.org/epubs) also addresses this and consultants to AISC.
does have design examples for HSS moment connections.
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