Chapter 4 Design of Slender Columns - Engineering

stiffnesses of all the columns, may be classified as non-sway. ACI 318-05 permits columns to be designed as part of a non-sway frame if the increase in column end moments due to second-order 2 “Concrete Design Handbook,” Cement Association of Canada, third edition, 60 Queen Street, Ottawa, ON., Canada, K1P 5Y7, 2005.

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