Joint
RAM CONNECTION Standalone offers different joint families, each one of them is able to receive
various types of connections. In the next table, all family joints, available connections in the program
and the loads required to formulate all the design checks are shown.
Column, brace, girder or beam:
While only W, S or HP sections are allowed for beams or girders connected to steel connections,
rectangular, circular HSS sections together with W, S and HP sections may be used for columns
depending on the specific type of connection. All connections accept W, S or HP columns except the
Through Plate.
The connection that work with HSS columns are:
Shear Connections:
Single Plate (with rectangular and circular HSS columns)
Through plate (with rectangular and circular HSS columns)
Clip angle
Shear tee
Stiffened seated
Unstiffened seated
Moment connections:
Directly welded connection
Flange plated connections (diaphragm plate)
Extended end plate
Cap plate (under continuous beams)
Bracing connections:
All bracing connections that include a beam and/or a column as in the case of CBB (Column-
Beam-Brace) joints or CVR (chevron) joints.
Base plate connections:
Column – Base (with rectangular and circular HSS columns)
Column – Base – Braces (with rectangular HSS columns)
Some connections need special considerations for built up members. In this case the program
requires the definition of the member type (laminated or built up).
Material:
Enter a steel material from the database.
The steel material includes the following parameters:
Name: Material name.
Fy: Specified minimum yield stress.
Fu: Specified minimum tensile strength.
E: Modulus of elasticity.
Ry: Ratio of the Expected Yield Strength to the minimum specified yield strength (Fy).
Rt: Ratio of the expected tensile strength to the specified minimum tensile strength Fu, as related to
over strength in material yield stress (Ry).
Inclination angles of members (Skew and Slope)
Many of the connections allow beam inclination angles, either horizontal and/or vertical. The
list of the connections that allow inclination angles are as follows:
AISC 360 connections:
Connection Family Inclination angles
Skew Slope Both
CA BCF Yes Yes Yes
Clip (shear) BCW Yes Yes Yes
Angle/s
BG Yes Yes Yes
SP BCF Yes Yes Yes
Shear Plate BCW Yes Yes Yes
BG Yes Yes Yes
BS No No No
CS No No No
EP BCF Yes Yes Yes
End Plate BCW Yes Yes Yes
BG Yes Yes Yes
SS BCF No No No
Stiffened BCW No No No
Shear
US BCF No No No
Unstiffened BCW No No No
Shear
TEE BCF No No No
Shear Tee BCW No No No
BG No No No
TP BCF No No No
Through Plate BCW No No No
BP BCF Yes No No
Bent Plate BCW Yes No No
BG Yes No No
DW BCF Yes Yes No
Direct Weld BCW Yes Yes No
MEP BCF No Yes No
Moment End BCW No Yes No
Plate
MEPKnee BCF No Yes No
Moment end
plate (Knee)
FP BCF Yes Yes Yes
Flange Plate BCW Yes Yes No
BG Yes No No
BS No No No
CS No No No
MA BCF No No No
Moment
Angles
MT BCF No No No
Moment Tee
CP CC No No No
Cap Plate
4A BS No No No
Four Angles
Splice
PBr BCW No No No
Plate Bracket
TBr BCF No No No
Tee Bracket
Bracing CBB No No No
connections CVR
beams
Bracing CBB, CVR, No Yes (20°-70°) No
connections VXB
braces
BPl CB No No No
Base Plate:
Column
GBP CB No Yes (20°-70°) No
Base Plate:
Braces
Clip Angle (DA)
BCF BCW BG
Single Plate (SP)
BCF BCW BG
BS CS
End Plate (SP)
BCF BCW BG
Stiffened Seated (SS)
BCF BCW
Unstiffened Seated (SS)
BCF BCW
Standard Tee (ST)
BCF BCW BG
Standard Tee (ST)
BCF BCW BG
Through Plate (TP)
BCF BCW
Bent Plate (BP)
BCF BCW BG
Directly Welded (DW)
BCF BCW
Moment End Plate (MEP)
BCF BCW
Moment End Plate Knee (MEPKnee)
Flange Plate (FP)
BCF BCW BG
BS CS
Moment Angles (MA)
BCF
Moment Tee (MT)
BCF
Cap Plate (CC)
CC
Four Angles BS (MA)
BCF
Plate Bracket (PBr)
CC
Tee Bracket (TBr)
BCF
Column-Beam-Braces (CBB)
CC
Chevron Braces (CVR)
BCF
Vertical X Braces (VXB)
CC
Column-Base
BCF
Column-Base-Braces
CC
