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Thornton Tomasetti <br />1. <br />DETAIL <br />1-GUSSET PLATE SEGMENTS WITH TAPERED AXIAL ANDFLEXURAL <br />STIFFNESS MODIFIERS <br />2 TEE-SHAPED PLATE ASSEMBLY WITH TAPERED AXIAL AND <br />FLEXURAL STIFFNESS MODIFIERS <br /> 3- ANCHOR RODS <br />RIGID LINKS FROM CENTERLINE COLUMN FACE = UPPER BOUND FORCES. <br />IN REALITY <br />- n-+Vrvvn-Yvr /- <br />-- 11////F//-ZIP -t.4- <br />ANALYTICAL REPRESENTATION OF EXTERIOR GUSSET FRAME SYSTEM <br />I A) COLUMN CURVATURE INDUCES MUCH SMALLER STRAINS ON THE <br />' COMPRESSION FACE (N A CLOSE TOFACE). SO SMALLER FORCES _. <br />00 <br />B) FOR COLUMN PULLING AWAY 1/2" PLATE AT FACE FLEXES IN TENS[ON. <br />SO SMALLER FORCES FOR ANY HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT <br />C) GUSSET ASSEMBLY 'FAR END' VERTICAL SLIP PADS AND LONG SL <br />RELEASE VERTICAL SHEAR WHERE LARGE COMPRESSION DOES NO <br />OCCUR SIMULTANEOUSLY (4-BOLT GROUP HOLDS 'FAR END' ALIGNMENT) <br />SO ACTUAL GUSSET FORCES AND EFFECTS ON COLUMN STIFFNESS WILL <br />BE LESS THAN SHOWN HERE <br />1