I would like assistance with a building I am designing. I am using SMF as the lateral force resisting system in the building, and would like to know if the connections between the non-seismic beams to column connection can be moment connections or do am I required to use shear connections. If I...
For a building using special moment frames as the lateral force resisting system, do the connections used for the non-seismic beams and columns have to be shear or can they be moment connections. Thank you in advance for any help that is given