Dear Ron thank you for your reply...I think this discussion obviously enrich my design philosophy :)...You told " ...Pinned conditions are conservative in many respects.." and ".....The others have given the basics of frame type selection....."
So my question is what are the respects and what...
@csd72.....thank you for your reply...But i think i could not clear my question...Before start an analysis i need to define the connection properties...That means at first i have to release the moment at joint or not...As a designer how could i know that or decide...Is there any rules or...
Can anyone say that how i can choose a connection in design? Is there any specific way so that i can select a joint (shear or moment) in steel frame design?
Thanks in advance :)