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effective length for x-braces
what are most designers using for effective brace lengths for steel x-bracing (cbf)? the telecommunications industry tia/eia has reduction values base upon asce 10-97 "design of latticed steel transmission structures", but what does aisc or ibc say about this issue?
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they don't say. it's common to do what the tower people do.
dbd
asce 10 on p58 example 7 says that you can consider the cross over point as a brace point if the tension member has 20% of the force in the compression member, so it is load case dependent if you can count on the tension member as a brace point. otherwise the out of plane buckling is the entire member length.
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