Connection Types

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Connection Types
Limcon checks the following connections, producing a report and a detail diagram and optionally,
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Simple (Shear) Connections
WSP Single Plate /Shear Tab / Fin Plate / Web Side Plate
FEP Flexible End Plate
ACLT Angle Cleat
BAS Bolted Angle Seat
WAS Welded Angle Seat
BPAD Bearing Pad
Moment Connections
WBC
Welded Beam-Column
Beam on one or both sides of column. With or
without stiffeners or column web doubler plate.
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BMEP
A
Bolted Moment End Plate
Beam on one or both sides of column. With or without
stiffeners or column web doubler plate.
BMEP
B
Bolted Moment End Plate
Beam on one or both sides of column. With or without
stiffeners or column web doubler plate.
BMEP
C
Bolted Moment End Plate
Matching mitred end plates or apex connection in rigid
frame.
HBEP
Haunched Beam End Plate
Rafter horizontal or inclined. Beam on one or both
sides of column. With or without stiffeners or column
web doubler plate.
MEPC
F
Flush Moment End Plate
One or two rows of bolts inside tension flange.
Available for restricted range of I sections. May be
used as splice.
MEPC
E
Extended Moment End Plate
One, two, or three rows of bolts inside tension flange -
stiffeners available with one and three interior rows.
May be used as splice. Seismic checking available for
4E and 4ES connections.
WFP
Welded Flange Plate
Shear tab welded or bolted. Seismic checking available
for fully welded connection.
BFP
Bolted Flange Plate
Fully bolted. Seismic checking available.
FPC
Flange Plate Connection to Column Web
Flange plates welded to column flanges and web. Back-
up plate optional. (Available only with maintenance
contract.)
Splices
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WSPL
Welded Splice
Allocation of bending moment between flanges
and web determined by analysis method, either
elastic, plastic, or simplified.
BSPL
Bolted Splice
Allocation of bending moment between flanges and
web determined by analysis method, either elastic,
plastic, or simplified.
BMEP
S
Bolted End Plate Splice
Base Plates
BASE
Base Plate
Pinned connection. Member may be rolled or hollow
section.
BASE
M
Moment Base Plate
Moment connection for I section column.
Bracing Connections
BRAC
Single Brace
20 types of bracing connection. Bracing member may
be single or double angle, rod, flattened CHS, hollow
section with cleat or tee plate, or rolled section.
KTG
KT Gusset Plate
A compound bracing connection with two or three members
connected to a gusset plate, which is welded to a beam, column, or
truss chord. Each branch connection may be any one of the
available single brace connection types. (Available only with
maintenance contract.)
UFBR
Uniform Force Bracing Connection
A compound bracing connection with one or two bracing
members, each of which is connected to a gusset plate welded to a
beam and bolted to a column. Each bracing connection may be any
one of the available single brace connection types. (Available only
with maintenance contract.)
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Hollow Structural Section (HSS) Connections
TCAP
Cap Plate
Pinned connection. Design for tension.
KNEE
Mitred Knee
For RHS or SHS with width of both members the
same. With or without stiffening plate.
TYT
Y/T Connection
Chord may be RHS, SHS, CHS, or rolled section; brace
may be RHS, SHS or CHS.
TX
X Connection
Chord may be RHS, SHS, CHS, or rolled section; brace
may be RHS, SHS or CHS.
TKNG
K/N Gap Connection
Chord may be RHS, SHS, CHS, or rolled section; brace
may be RHS, SHS or CHS.
TKNO
K/N Overlap Connection
Chord may be RHS, SHS, CHS, or rolled section; brace
may be RHS, SHS or CHS.
TMEP
4
Moment End Plate Connections for RHS/SHS
For compact RHS or SHS only.
TMEP
8
Moment End Plate Connections for RHS/SHS
For compact RHS or SHS only.
Miscellaneous Connections
SEAT
Stiff Seat
End or internal support. With or without seat plate.
With or without stiffeners.
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BGP
Bolt Group
Rectangular array of bolts in gusset of specified grade
and thickness. May be analysed by either elastic or
instantaneous center method.
WGP
Weld Groups
Many different configurations of fillet weld with in-
plane and out of plane loading. Analysed by elastic
method.

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