STAAD.
Pro – RAM Connection Mode
Structural Special Interest Group – March 2018
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Joint Data
BCF: Beam-Column Flange CS: Column Splice CVR:
BCW: Beam-Column Web CC: Column Cap VXB: Vertical X Brace
BG: Beam-Girder CBB: Column-Beam-Brace CB: Column Base
BS: Beam Splice
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Designing Moment Connections
• Option 1: Assign a Shear Connection and Assign a Moment
Connection
Moment Connection: Directly Welded
Shear Connection: Shear Plate
• Option 2: Assign a Combined Connection
Combined Connection: Extended End Plate
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Shear Connections
Clip Angle (DA) Stiffened Seated (SS) Standard Tee (ST)
Single Plate (SP) Unstiffened Seated (US) Bent Plate (BP)
End Plate (EP)
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Moment Connections
Directly Welded (DW) Moment Angles (MA)
Flange Plate (FP) Moment Tee (MT)
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Combined Connections
Moment End Plate (MEP) Moment End Plate Knee
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Gusset Connections
Column-Beam-Brace
(CBB) Chevron Brace (CVR) Vertical X Brace (VXB)
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Base Plate Connections
Base Plate
Gusset Base Plate
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