Research Article

Rotation Stiffness Investigation of Spatial Joints with End-Plate Connection

Table 8

Effective length of the equivalent T-stub.

T-stub typeValue

The effective lengths of the equivalent
T-stub of end-plate leff,ep
min{2m + dm; m + e + dm/2;
m +  + dm/2; m +  + e}

The effective lengths of the equivalent
T-stub of column flange leff,cf
min{2m + dm; m + e + dm/2;
m +  + dm/2; m +  + e}