@karthic_m more of a question for the group along the same topic. When should we ignore the effects of story drift on gravity columns and when we should pay attention to them. Especially if drift is very large. When is a pinned connection going to rip apart under story drift?
Would you still ignore drift effects on a single story steel column in a short 1 story w/ approx. 3½% drift? My structure is designed to MDE under non-linear time history analysis, so doesn't need to follow the drift limitations of ASCE 7 ch. 12.
