Could someone clarify for me how the axes are defined in the Connection Pad parameters for anchor shear reinforcing? RAM Connection allows inputting the number of shear bars in the major axis and minor axis directions. Are these axes defined consistently when using RAM Connection Standalone and RAM Connection inside of RSS or RAM Elements? Are they defined based on column strong/weak axis or baseplate longitudinal/transverse dimension or something else? I've just gotten some seemingly inconsistent results, where changing the number of shear bars in the anticipated axis didn't affect my calcs for anchor reinforcement in shear, but changing the number in the other axis did. It didn't seem to jive with what ACI labels as bars being effective for anchor reinforcement in Figure R17.5.2.9b in ACI 318-14 (D6.2.9 in the older ACI code). But maybe that was because of different column orientation or something changing what RAM considered the effective axis from one baseplate connection to the other. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks!
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