Connection Design

Desciption:
UB to UB connection

Design Shear Force 2.7 kN

Summary Capacity
Bolt Group 19.04 kN
Bolt beaing in fin plate 26.71 kN
Fin shear capacity 45.01 kN
Fin bending capacity 26.24 kN
Welding capacity 63.12 kN
Connection Design
Fin Plate Design

Shear force VEd = 2.7 kN

Bolt Properties
Number of bolt row n1 = 1
Number of bolt column n2 = 2
Numebr of bolts n = 2
Bolt Diameter d = 12 mm
Bolt hole diameter do = 13 mm
Bolt Tensile Stress Area Ab = 84.3 mm2
Ultimate tensile strenght of the bolt fub = 800 N/mm2

Fin Plate
Thickness tp = 6 mm
Ultimate tensile strenght of the plate fub,1 = 410 N/mm2
Ultimate yield strength of plate fy = 275 N/mm2
Plate depth hp = 60 mm
Elasticity of Modulus E = 210000 N/mm2

Supported Member
Web thickness tw,b1 = 5 mm
Flange Thickness tf,b1 = 7.5 mm
Beam width bb1 = 50 mm
Beam Depth hb1 = 100 mm
Root Radius rb1 = 8 mm
Gross Area Ag = 1192 mm2
Av = 500 mm2
Ultimate tensile strenght of the plate fub,1 = 410 N/mm2
Ultimate tensile strenght of the plate fy,b1 = 275 N/mm2

Supporting member
zs = 0
z = 60
Partial Factor
Bolt
γM0 = 1
bolt γM2 = 1.25
 plate γM2 1.1

Bolt configuration
Gap gn = 10 mm
Edge distance for Supported Beam
e1,b = 50 mm
e2,b = 25 mm
Ege distance in the Fin Plate
e1 = 30 mm
e2 = 25 mm
p1 = 0 mm
p2 = 50 mm
gh = 10 mm

Welding
Effective throat a = 5
Correlation facor βw = 0.9
Ultimate stress fu = 410 N/mm2

Check: Supported beam - Bolt Group

Bolt of Shear
Basic requirement: Ved < VRd
Single bolt capacity Fv,Rd = 32.3712 kN

Double vertical line

n1 = 1
n2 = 2
n = 2
I = 1250 mm2
z = 60 mm
α = 1.2
β = 0
VRd = 19.0419 kN Ok

Bolt Bearing in fin plate

Basic requirement: Ved < VRd
For Fb, ver,Rd k1 = 2.5
αb = 0.76923
Fb, ver,Rd = 45.4154 kN

For Fb, hor.Rd k1 = 2.5

αb = 0.64103
 Fb, hor.Rd = 37.8462 kN
VRd = 26.7149 kN Ok

Shear and bending resistance of the fin plate

Shear
Basic requirement: Ved < VRd,min
net section Av,net = 282 mm2
Ant = 333 mm2
Anv = 141 mm2

VRd,g = 45.01 kN
VRd,n = 53.40 kN
VRd,b = 77.00 kN
VRd,min = 45.01 kN Ok
Bending
Basic requirement VEd < VRd
Elastic modulus of fin plate W el,p = 3600 mm3

Mcr = 1.5E+07 Nmm

λLT = 0.25925
φ = 0.55612
χLT = 0.95409
VRd = 26.2375 kN Ok

Shear resistance of the supported beam

Basic requirement Ved < VRd,min
Av = 599.5 mm2
Av,net = 534.5 mm2
VRd,g = 95.1834 kN
VRd,n = 126.523 kN
VRd,min = 95.1834 kN Ok

Welding
fu/βwγm2 = 364.444 N/mm2
minimum throat amin = 0.21387 mm Ok
Welding capacity F = 63.1236