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11 Joints Handout
11 Joints Handout
Joint Types
CL 5.2.2.2 Nominally pinned joints are capable of transmitting internal forces without developing significant moments, and capable of accepting the resulting rotations under the design loads. CL 5.2.2.3 Rigid and full strength joints have sufficient rotational stiffness to justify analysis based on full continuity. Semi-rigid joints lie somewhere between nominally pinned and rigid.
Eurocode 3
Principles mostly the same as BS 5950 Results are similar although EC3 results are slightly more conservative and this is due to the larger partial safety factor (M2=1.25)
Bolt Strength
These values should be adopted as characteristic values in design calculations : Bolt classes fyb (N/mm2) fub (N/mm2) 4.6 240 400 5.6 300 500 8.8 640 800 10.9 900 1000 where: As is the tensile stress area of the bolt M2 = 1.25 fub is the ultimate tensile strength of the bolt k2 = 0.63 for countersunk bolt, otherwise k2 = 0.9
EN 1993-1-8 Table 3.1 - Nominal values of fyb and fub for bolts
Steel Strength
fy (N/mm ) Steel grade Nominal thickness of element t (mm) t 16 S 275 S 355 275 355 16 < t 40 265 345 40 < t 63 255 335 63 < t 80 245 325
2
fu (N/mm ) Nominal thickness of element t (mm) 3t t<3 100 430 410 to to 580 560 510 470 to to 680 630
where: As is the tensile stress area of the bolt fub is the ultimate tensile strength of the bolt M2 = 1.25 4.6 0.6 4.8 0.5 5.6 0.6 5.8 0.5 6.8 0.5 8.8 0.6 10.9 0.5
Bolt classes v
Shear resistance per shear plane for ordinary bolts where the shear plane passes through the unthreaded portion of the bolt:
Welded Joints
Simplified method for design resistance of fillet weld (CL 4.5.3.3 and Table 4.1 EN 1993-1-8)
where: A is the gross cross-section of the bolt fub is the ultimate tensile strength of the bolt M2 = 1.25
Fw,Ed Fw,Rd
Fw,Ed length Fw,Rd
(4.2)
Fw,Rd = fvw,da
where: fvw,d d t M2 fu is the bolt diameter is the thickness = 1.25 is the ultimate tensile strength a is the design shear strength of the weld is the effective throat thickness (see Figure 1)
for edge bolts Figure 1 effective throat thickness Image Source: Design of Structural Elements (Arya, 2009) Page 421
fu w Image Source: ESDEP Minimum distance End distance e1 Edge distance e2 Spacing p1 Spacing p2 where d0 =hole diameter 1.2d0 1.2d0 2.2d0 2.4d0
is the minimum ultimate tensile strength of the connected parts is a correlation factor (See Table 4.1)
M2 = 1.25
Extract from Table 4.1 from EN 1993-1-8: Values for correlation factor w