Internal Cross-frame K Top [STG]

Location

Girders: Choose the two girders that are connected by the cross frame.

Skew Angle [deg]:

Station [ft]: Enter the station along the PGL.

Sections

Top Chord Section - Diagonal Chord Section: Assign a section for the top/bottom/diagonal chord, which can be imported from the AISC database by the users. The finite element representation is in the form of a truss.

Chord Geometry

Horizontal chord inner offset from web [in]:

Diagonal chord inner offset from top web [in]:

Diagonal chord inner offset from bottom [in]:

Diagonal chord offset from top of web [in]:

Diagonal chord offset from bottom of web [in]:

Top Chord Offset from top of web:

Gusset Plate

The parameters listed below are exclusively used for 3D representation and do not have any impact on design or finite element analysis at present.

top gusset width [in]:

top gusset height [in]:

top gusset offset [in]:

number of bolt columns at top gusset [in]:

number of bolt rows at top gusset [in]:

bolt horizontal spacing at top gusset [in]:

bolt vertical spacing at top gusset [in]:

bottom gusset width [in]:

bottom gusset height [in]:

bottom gusset offset [in]:

number of bolt columns at bottom gusset [in]:

number of bolt rows at bottom gusset [in]:

bolt horizontal spacing at bottom gusset [in]:

bolt vertical spacing at bottom gusset [in]:

center gusset plate width [in]:

center gusset plate height [in]:

gusset plate thickness [in]:

bolt diameter [in]:

bolt to gusset plate edge distance [in]:

web centerline to gusset plate edge distance [in]:

Show Bolts (Detailing):

Stiffener

The parameters listed below are exclusively used for 3D representation and do not have any impact on design or finite element analysis at present.

vertical stiffener thickness [in]:

vertical stiffener width [in]:

Top offset from top of web [in]:

Inclined distance stiffener from bottom of web [in]:

Vertical clip height [in]:

Horizontal clip height [in]:

Geometry

These parameters are used for both computing the member end offset of cross frame truss elements in finite element analysis and 3D representation.

horz. chord offset from web [in]:

diag. chord offset from top [in]:

diag. chord offset from bottom [in]:

diag. chord offset from top chord [in]:

diag. chord offset from bot. chord [in]: