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ECCENTRIC SHEAR CONNECTION ANALYSIS OF BOLT GROUP Last updated: 25-Apr-02

The following calculations comply with LRFD Steel Design Manual 2nd Edition Theory
Units: SI Details

Problem Description: Testing Spreadsheet vs LRFD tables

INPUT OUTPUT BoltGroup

Copyright 2001
Vertical Force Horizontal Force Ultimate Shear = 95.40 kN Yakov Polyakov, PE
Py, kN 0 Px, kN 0 Angle to horizon, b = 0.00 deg yakov@yakpol.net
ex, mm 0 ey, mm 0 True eccentricity, e = 3.000 mm http://yakpol.net

Recalculate!
Bolt description: A325 SH, 3/4" Dia.
Single bolt shear capacity fRn = 15.9 kN 174.9

Bolt Location Y
Bolt X Y 7.000

## mm mm
1 0 0 6.000 1
2 0 3
5.000
3 0 6 Px
4 5 0 e
4.000
5 5 3 b
6 5 6
3.000 1

Py ey
2.000
P
1.000
ex

0.000 2 8
5
-1.000 0.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 4.000 5.000 6.000
X

Bolts
Instantenious Center of rotation
Group Center
Applied Force
Problem Description: Testing Spreadsheet vs LRFD tables

Maximum Force at connection fP = 95.40 kN Goto: Input

Connection is concentrically loaded 1 Theory

Vertical Force Py = 0.00 kN ex = 0.00 mm Angle b = 0.000 rad

Horizontal Force Px = 0.00 kN ey = 0.00 mm Eccen. e = 3.000 mm
Adjusted b = 0.000 rad
Bolt Parmeters Adjusted e = 3.000 mm
fRn = 15.90 kN Instant. Center (IC) Bolt Group Center (CG)
Rmax= 15.61 kN Xo Yo Xc Yc
dmax = 6.67 mm 2.314 6.102 2.500 3.000

S(Rsinq) S(Rcosq) S(R*d)

Bolt force Bolt
Bolt to IC Bolt
Bolt Location angle to Shear -2.23 -52.85 389.57
Distance Displ.
horizon Force
Bolt ## X Y q d R D, in Rsinq Rcosq R*d
mm mm rad mm kN mm kN kN kN-mm
1 0 0 -3.50 6.53 15.58 0.33 5.53 -14.57 101.69
2 0 3 -3.78 3.87 14.64 0.20 8.76 -11.74 56.66
3 0 6 -4.67 2.32 13.00 0.12 12.98 -0.57 30.10
4 5 0 -2.73 6.67 15.61 0.34 -6.29 -14.28 104.04
5 5 3 -2.43 4.10 14.79 0.21 -9.68 -11.18 60.69
6 5 6 -1.61 2.69 13.53 0.14 -13.53 -0.51 36.39
 Solver
SRsin(q)/sin(d) 0.000 SRcos(q)/cos(d) -3.324 SR*d/(e+lo) 4.015
Psin(b) 0.000 Pcos(b) 5.38 P*lo 32.84
SRsin(q) -0.14 SRcos(q) -3.32 SR*d 24.50 Must be Zelo
Difference -0.1404 Difference 2.0575 Difference 2.6876 11.4762
BestGuess
Single bolt capacity multiplier Po 5.382 3.843
Dist. From 0,0 to Inst. Center lo 3.10 mm 1.553
Sideways dist. to Inst. Center mo 0.186 mm

For calculation purposes external force (Po) is always positive

and rotates boltgroup contrclockwise about it's center (Xc,Yc).
Eccentricity (e) is always positive as well. The distance (lo)
from boltgroup center to instantenious center (Xo,Yo) can be
negative but not less than -e.

Definition of Ranges
BestGuess_lo =Details!$R$8
BestGuess_po =Details!$R$7
betta =Details!$I$8
BigX =Details!$B$19:$B$68
ConcentricConn=Details!$E$4
d =SQRT((X-Xo)^2+(Y-Yo)^2)
dmax =Details!$B$12
e =Details!$I$9
ex =Details!$F$6
ey =Details!$F$7
lo =Details!$P$8
mo =Details!$P$9
Mustbe0 =Details!$R$5
Po =Details!$P$7
Print_Area =Details!$A$1:$R$46
Px =Details!$C$7
Py =Details!$C$6
Rn =(1-EXP(-10*d/dmax*0.34))^0.55
Rult =Details!$B$10
SumRcos =Details!$O$4
SumRd =Details!$Q$4
SumRsin =Details!$M$4
theta =IF(Y-Yo=0,0,ATAN2(X-Xo,Y-Yo))-PI()/2
UnitForce =IF(Units="US","kip","kN")
UnitLength =IF(Units="US","in","mm")
Units =Input!$B$8
X =OFFSET(BigX,0,0,COUNT(BigX),1)
Xc =Details!$F$12
Xo =Details!$D$12
 ECCENTRICALLY LOADED BOLT GROUP
ULTIMATE STRENGTH METHOD

This spreadsheet is using the

Y Instantenious Center of Rotation Method
Pu Py to determine shear capacity of bolt group.
Input This method is described in LRFD Code
Details (2nd Edition, Volume II, p. 8-28). In
(Xi,Yi)
theory, the bolt group rotates around IC,
b and the displacements of each bolt is
CG (Xc,Yc) e proportional to the distance to IC. The
load deformation relationship of the bolt:
Px
R=Rult(1-exp(-10D)0.55), where
lo Rult = fRn bolt ultimate shear strength.
qi
ey D = total deformation of the bolt (inches),
experementally determined Dmax = 0.34
mo di Ri
inches.
ex
IC (Xo,Yo) X Solving the system of three equilibrium
equations we can find location of IC and
ultimate shear force of bolt group. Please,
be aware of possibly wrong solution when
Input Data: Spreadsheet Formulas: instantenious center is too far from bolt
group center.
Shear force application: Px Py ex ey Xc = AVERAGE(Xi)
Bolt locations: Xi Yi Yc = AVERAGE(Yi)
Single bolt shear capacity: fRn Xo = -losin(b) - mocos(b) + Xc
Yo = locos(b) - mosin(b) + Yc
Equlibrium equations: e = - (ey-Yc)cos(b) + (ex-Xc)sin(b)
qi = atan((Yi-Yo)/(Xi-Xo)) - p/2
(1) SRisin(qi) + Pusin(b) = 0 di = sqrt((Yi-Yo)^2+(Xi-Xo)2)
(2) SRicos(qi) + Pucos(b) = 0 dmax = max(di)
(3) SRidi + Pu(e+lo) = 0 Dmax = 0.34 inches
Di = Dmax(di/dmax)
Equations variables: Pu lo and mo Ri = fRn(1-exp(-10Di))0.55