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Review School for Civil Engineering

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Steel Design – Part 1

Bolted and Riveted Connection

Assumptions.

1) The friction between the joined is ignored.

2) The Load transfer from one plate to another is equally
distributed to all joint in a joint.
3) The tensile stress in the net section of the plates is
uniform for each unit area of the cross section.
4) The bending stress in the bolts are ignore.

Allowable Stress

-Tensile on Gross Area = 0.6 Fy

Problem 2
-Tensile on net Area ( Fracture ) = 0.5 Fu
A lapped, bolted tension member is shown in the figure.
-Shear on Net Area = 0.3 Fy
Diameter of bolt are 18 mm and the plate material is A36
steel with Fy = 250 Mpa and Fu= 400 Mpa. Assume The
Types of Connection
Fasteners are Adequate and do not control the tensile
capacity. Diameter of hole is 3 mm bigger than the Diameter
of the bolt. Determine the following.

a) Tensile capacity of the lapped joint based on gross area

b) Tensile capacity of the lapped joint based on net area
c) Tensile capacity of the lapped joint based on block
shear strength

Staggered Bolted and Riveted Connection.

Problem 1
Determine the Allowable tensile force P which can be
applied to the plates shown. The AISC Specification A 36
Steel and 20 mm diameter A325 bolts placed in standard
holes with threads excluded from the shear plane are used
in a bearing type connection . Fy = 248 Mpa, Fu = 400 Mpa, Cochrane’s formula = S² / 4g
Fv =206.9 Mpa and
Fp =1.5 Fu Net width : Wn = W – hole + Ʃ S² / 4g

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 Problem 3.
A Splice shown in the fig. is consisting of 250 mm x 10 mm
steel plate with 5 rivets having a diameter of holes equal to
20 mm. A36 steel is specified with Fy = 248.8 Mpa. The
minimum tensile strength, Fu = 400 Mpa Determine the FF.
Problem 4
From the bracket shown, which consist ot two plates riveted
to the Column by 4-22 mm diameter rivets which is
subjected to an eccentric load P at an eccentric of 200 mm.
Allowable shearing stress of rivets is 100 Mpa. Determine
the safe load P

a) Effective net Area of the Section.

b) Tensile Force base on gross Area
c) Tensile force T based on effective net Area

Connections subjected to moment or couple

Formula:

Load induced by bolt : F = Tρ / J

Shear Stress in bolt : P = F/A

Connections subjected to eccentric load

Formula:

direct reaction Problem 5

Load induced by bolt : F=P/n
From the bracket shown, which consist ot two plates riveted
Indirect reaction to the Column by 4-22 mm diameter rivets which is
Load induced by bolt : F = Tρ / J subjected to an eccentric load P at an eccentric of 200 mm.
Allowable shearing stress of rivets is 100 Mpa. Determine
Shear Stress in bolt : P = F/A the safe load P

Polar moment of inertia: J = Ʃx² + Ʃy²

Where:
F – reaction
T – Couple or applied moment
A – Area of single rivet or bolt
ρ – Distance from centroid of the group of bolt or rivet to
any
bolt or rivet
P- Shearing stress
J - Polar moment of inertia of the group of bolt

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Problem 6
From the bracket shown, which consist ot two plates riveted
to the Column by 4-22 mm diameter rivets which is
subjected to an eccentric load P at an eccentric of 200 mm.
Allowable shearing stress of rivets is 100 Mpa. Determine
the safe load P
Problem 7
Rivets 25 mm diameter are used in the connection shown.
Find the value of P so that the allowable stresses of 60 Mpa
and 130 Mpa for shear and bearing, respectively, are not
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Welded Connection
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NSCP Specifications for fillet welds
1) Effective area : the effective area of fillet welds shall
be taken as the effective length times the effective
throat thickness
2) Effective length of fillet welds except fillet welds in
holes and slots shall be the overall length of full
size fillets including returns
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3) The effective throat thickness of a fillet weld shall
be the shortest distance from the root of the joint to
the face of the diagrammatic weld, except that for
fillet welds made by the submerged arc welding
process ( SAW).
Te = t for t ≤ 10 mm
Te = 0.707t + 3mm for t > 10 mm
4)
Problem 8
A 150 x 90 x 12 angular section is welded to a gusset plate
as shown in the figure. The angle is A 36 steel with Fy =248
Mpa. The weld is E 80 electrode with Fu = 550 Mpa. The
allowable tensile stress for the angle is .6Fy and the
allowable shear stress for the weld is .3Fu. The Area of the
angular section is 2751 mm2 with Y = 51 mm
a) Which of the following most nearly gives the design
force P?
b) Which of the ff. most nearly gives the total length of
the weld using 12 mm fillet weld
c) Which of the ff. most nearly gives the value of b?
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Problem 8

Determine the weld size of the connection shown. Use E70

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