Thanks for your response Taro. The two philosophies you mentioned seem to be the predominate approaches I've run across in talking with others. Some have said that if one were doing the analysis by hand calc's, gravity load in the bracing would not even be condidered, which is true. It just...
I am designing a steel bldg. with chevron and "x-bracing" using a structural analysis/design computer program.
The bldg. columns have been analyzed with the bracing "inactive" to insure they will support all the gravity load. My question is do I need to design the...
