Selection of Bracing Types and Arrangement

QUESTION
I wonder if anyone has a good reference that discusses how to choose the optimum arrangement and type of the bracing members in a braced steel frame?

Also, is there a rule of thumb for selecting an adequate number of bracings?

REPLIES

Deker
It’s a bit dated from a code perspective, but this document lists some pros and cons for different brace types and configurations:

SOURCE
https://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=430015
Above is a snippet.

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Has whiskers on it… but a good publication then as now…

Dik