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2022-06-13

Technical Article: X-Brace Effective Lengths According to AISC 360-16 in RFEM 6

Defining the appropriate effective length is crucial to obtain the correct member design capacity. For X-bracing that is connected at the center, engineers often wonder if the full end-to-end length of the member shall be used or using half of the length to where the members are connected is sufficient.

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