GUEST POST – Preliminary Design and Thoughts on the Uniform Force Method – Strong Axis Connections
Preliminary Design and Thoughts on the Uniform Force Method – Strong Axis Connections by Brian Craig Johnson, P.E. Note: This discussion is for non-seismic (R=3) systems. Engineers unfamiliar with the Uniform Force Method (UFM) in the AISC Steel Construction Manual may not know that the method has a fairly rigorous background and derivation that establishes […]