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Bracing for Steel Buildings

Dr. Ibrahim Fahdah

Damascus University

https://sites.google.com/site/ifahdah/home/lectures
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Bracing Systems
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Bracing Systems (cont.)

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Bracing System Location

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Connection Classification

Moment Connection

Shear Connection
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Concentrically Braced Frames

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Concentrically Braced Frames

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Eccentrically Braced Frames

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Bracing sections
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Bracing For Industrial Buildings

Bracing resists horizontal forces such as wind, crane longitudinal surge, and earthquake.
Every fourth or fifth bay may be braced. But no less than two should be provided.
The bracing can be single diagonal members or cross members.
Single bracing members must be designed to carry loads in tension and compression.
With cross-bracing, only the members in tension are assumed to be effective and
those in compression are ignored.
The internal frames resist the transverse wind load by bending in the cantilever columns.
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Roof Bracing Design for Industrial Buildings

AE Ac

AA

Ai : Area related to each node

Nnode : Number of Nodes
nB : Number of bracings
WL:Wind on the building face
Fr: Fractional drag load on the roof
Fw: Fractional drag load on the walls

R R
Nnode =4, nB =2

PA PC PE PC PA
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Side/Wall Bracing
Under compression
WH2 R Under tension

Load Combinations:
For Roof :
LC =1.4 WL

For Walls :
LC1 =1.4 WL
LC2 =1.2 (WL + WH2)
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Rafter horizontal bracing

Purlins

Bracing