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By Brandon Chi
Don’t Forget! You Saw it in the
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March 2020 #12248 Page #126
Get Plugged Into Your Structural Steel Designs with the Yield-Link® Plugin Tools
W
ith the introduction of the Simpson Strong-Tie YieldLink® moment connection for steel construction, the engineering and software development teams at Simpson Strong-Tie created multiple design tools to support users in their specification of the Yield-Link technology. These tools range from a connection modeling guide and plugins for designers to detailing software add-ins for detailers. Below is a brief introduction to these tools for the different trades.
Figure 1: Yield-Link® Connection Modeling Guide Cover
Engineers/Architects: The Yield-Link® Connection Modeling Guide covers the different modeling techniques for the Yield-Link connection for engineering analysis and design software. It has step-by-step directions for incorporating the Yield-Link connection into different software so the stiffness of the Yield-Link connection can be captured correctly for drift and strength check. It offers users tips on where to extract the moment for calculating the Yield-Link forces and a preliminary chart for the initial Yield-Link design based on the connection moment demand load. (See Figures 1 and 2.)
Figure 2a: Modeling Technique Moment Release with partial Fixity Rotational Springs
Figure 2b: Modeling Technique Equivalent Elastic Link Elements
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