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Lecture 7 - Slender Columns-1
Lecture 7 - Slender Columns-1
The ACI moment magnifier approach can still be used for frames subject
to sidesway, but it is necessary, according to ACI Code 6.6.4.6, to separate
the loads acting on a structure into two categories: loads that result in no
appreciable sidesway and loads that result in appreciable sidesway.
Clearly two separate frame analyses are required, one for loads of each
type. In general, gravity loads acting on reasonably symmetrical frames
produce little sway, and the effects of gravity load may therefore be placed
in the first category.
The maximum magnified moments caused by sway loading occur at the
ends of the column, but those due to gravity loads may occur somewhere
in the midheight of the column, the exact location of the latter varying
depending on the end moments. Because magnified gravity moments and
magnified sway moments do not occur at the same location, the argument
can be made that, in most cases, no magnification should be applied to the
nonsway moments when sway moments are considered; that is, it is
unlikely that the actual maximum moment will exceed the sum of the
nonmagnified gravity moment and the magnified sway moment.
Moment magnifier method - Sway frames
Moment magnifier method - Sway frames
ACI Code 6.6.4.6 provides two alternate methods for calculating the
moment magnification factor for frames not braced against sidesway
Moment magnifier method - Sway frames - Example
Moment magnifier method - Sway frames - Example
Eq. 10.22
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