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RISA | Use Wide Flange Braces in Vertical Brace Connections

Written by RISA | Aug 10, 2016

RISAConnection now offers the ability to use a wide flange brace member in Vertical Brace Connections.

Vertical Brace Diagonal Connection

Vertical Brace Chevron Connection

Selecting the Wide Flange Brace

Simply choose the wide flange shape for your brace from the list of available sections:

Connection Results

The results report will now check each applicable limit state at each of the connection components. Each of these checks can be reviewed in detail in the report.