strength in the chord members shall not exceed
members and through the nominal axial tensile
0.45 φFyAg where φ= 0.9. Diagonal members in
and compressive strengths of the diagonal web
members. The top and bottom chord members in
any panel of the special segment shall be made
the special segment shall be made of identical
of identical sections. The end connections of
sections and in the fully yielded state shall
diagonal members in the special segment shall
provide at least 25 percent of the required
have a design strength at
vertical shear strength.
The required axial
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