Connection Types

Limcon checks the following connections, producing a report and a detail diagram and optionally, a
virtual reality view and a DXF.
Simple (Shear) Connections
WSP
Single Plate / Fin Plate / e! Side Plate
"neSteel e! Side Plate
FEP Fle#i!le $nd Plate
ACLT %ngle &leat
BAS 'olted %ngle Seat
WAS elded %ngle Seat
BPAD 'earing Pad
Moment Connections
WBC
elded 'eam(&olumn
'eam on one or !oth sides of column. ith or
without stiffeners or column we! dou!ler plate.
BMEP
A
'olted )oment $nd Plate
'eam on one or !oth sides of column. ith or without
stiffeners or column we! dou!ler plate.
BMEP
B
'olted )oment $nd Plate
'eam on one or !oth sides of column. ith or without
stiffeners or column we! dou!ler plate.
BMEP
C
'olted )oment $nd Plate
)atching mitred end plates or ape# connection in rigid
frame.
HBEP
*aunched 'eam $nd Plate
+after hori,ontal or inclined. 'eam on one or !oth sides
of column. ith or without stiffeners or column we!
dou!ler plate.
MEPC
Flush )ultiple +ow )oment $nd Plate
"ne or two rows of !olts inside tension flange. %vaila!le
for restricted range of - sections.
MEPC
$#tended )ultiple +ow )oment $nd Plate
"ne, two, or three rows of !olts inside tension flange.
TMEP
4
)oment $nd Plate &onnections for +*S/S*S
For compact +*S or S*S only.
TMEP
8
)oment $nd Plate &onnections for +*S/S*S
For compact +*S or S*S only.
Splices
BSPL
'olted Splice
%llocation of !ending moment !etween flanges and we!
determined !y analysis method, either elastic, plastic, or
simplified.
WSPL
elded Splice
%llocation of !ending moment !etween flanges
and we! determined !y analysis method, either
elastic, plastic, or simplified.
Miscellaneous Connections
SEAT
Stiff Seat
$nd or internal support. ith or without seat plate. ith
or without stiffeners.
BRAC
'racing &leat
'racing mem!er may !e single or dou!le angle, rod,
flattened &*S, hollow section with cleat or tee plate, or
rolled section.
BASE
'ase Plate
Pinned connection. )em!er may !e rolled or hollow
section.
BGP
'olt .roup
+ectangular array of !olts in gusset of specified grade and
thickness.
WGP
eld .roups
)any different configurations of fillet weld with in(plane
and out of plane loading.
Hollow Structural Section (HSS) Connections
TCAP
&ap Plate
Pinned connection. Design for tension.
KNEE
)itred /nee
For +*S or S*S with width of !oth mem!ers the same.
ith or without stiffening plate.
TYT
0/1 &onnection
&hord may !e +*S, S*S, &*S, or rolled section2 !race
may !e +*S, S*S or &*S.
TX
X &onnection
&hord may !e +*S, S*S, &*S, or rolled section2 !race
may !e +*S, S*S or &*S.
TKNG
//3 .ap &onnection
&hord may !e +*S, S*S, &*S, or rolled section2 !race
may !e +*S, S*S or &*S.
TKNO
//3 "verlap &onnection
&hord may !e +*S, S*S, &*S, or rolled section2 !race
may !e +*S, S*S or &*S.
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