12.6yield-link flange-to-stem weld limitations

AISC 358-22, Prequalified Connections for Special and Intermediate Steel Moment Frames for Seismic Applications

Last Updated 29 Oct 2026

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Yield-Link flange-to-stem connections may be CJP groove welds or double-sided fillet welds.

(1) CJP groove welds shall conform to the requirements of demand critical welds in the AISC Seismic Provisions.
(2) Double-sided fillet welds shall be designed to develop the tensile strength of the unreduced Yield-Link stem at the column side, $b_{\text {col-side }}$ , and shall be demand critical.

AISC 358-22, Prequalified Connections for Special and Intermediate Steel Moment Frames for Seismic Applications

Last Updated 29 Oct 2026

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Yield-Link flange-to-stem connections may be CJP groove welds or double-sided fillet welds.

(1) CJP groove welds shall conform to the requirements of demand critical welds in the AISC Seismic Provisions.
(2) Double-sided fillet welds shall be designed to develop the tensile strength of the unreduced Yield-Link stem at the column side, $b_{\text {col-side }}$ , and shall be demand critical.