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    von-Mises Stress vs. AISC allowables

    AISC values are for principle stresses according to basic beam calcs. For tension, you are allowed .6Fy and for shear you are allowed .4Fy. But von Mises represents a combined state of both shear and tensile stress. One way to compare is to substitute the AISC limits into the von Mises...
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    Joint modeling

    Hi all, We are constructing an FEA model of a structural steel frame. The members are custom built from steel plate. They are bolted together with custom built flanges also made of steel plate. We have constructed a shell model in ANSYS using shell181 elements. We are having difficulty...
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