End-plate moment design to AISC 360-22
Flush and extended end-plate moment connections (AISC Design Guide 39): all fifteen bolt patterns, with or without stiffeners, and the column stiffeners and doublers they need.
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What you get
From the loads to a finished end-plate moment
The applicable limit states, checked
Strength and detailing checks to AISC 360-22 and the 16th Edition Steel Construction Manual, each with its ratio, the clause or equation it comes from, and the governing case. Results update as you type.
Drawings to scale
Elevations, plans and sections with bolts, weld symbols and dimensions, on a drawing sheet with your title block, as PDF or DXF.
A calculation report a reviewer can follow
Inputs, every check with its result and reference, and the governing case, in a clear PDF. See a sample report.
LRFD or ASD, US or SI
Switch the design method and the units at any time; the drawings and the report follow. Auto-design proposes a layout you can fine-tune.
Verification
How the end-plate moment is tested
Against the AISC Design Examples and Design Guides, in LRFD and ASD, on every change. The method and every documented difference.
Learn
Step by step
Designing an end-plate moment connection
The user manual chapter: every input, check and drawing explained.
Video: Designing moment connections
FR moment connections with flange plates or directly welded flanges, column stiffeners and doublers, and PR top-and-seat angle connections. (3:14)
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