Kani's method was introduced by Gasper Kani in 1940’s. It involves distributing the unknown fixed end moments of structural members to adjacent joints, in order to satisfy the conditions of continuity of slopes and displacements. K ani's method is also known as Rotation contribution method. Advantages of Kani's Method : 1. Hardy Cross method distributed only the unbalanced moments at joints, whereas Kani’s method distributes the total joint moment at any stage of iteration. 2. The more significant feature of Kani’s method is that the process is self corrective. Any error at any stage of iteration is corrected in subsequent steps. Framed structures are rarely symmetric and subjected to side sway, hence Kani’s method is best and much simpler than other methods like moment distribution method and slope displacement method. Procedure 1. Rotation stiffness at each end of all members of a structure is determined depending upon the end conditions. The stiffness factors a) If Bo
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