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ns26 - 3 Connection Design Handout - 4per
ns26 - 3 Connection Design Handout - 4per
ns26 - 3 Connection Design Handout - 4per
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AISC Night School 26 Developing an Eye for Connection Design
July 27, 2021 Session 3: Load Paths & Force Distribution
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Lower Bound
Load Paths & Force Distribution Theorem
• Laterally Supported
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procedure
ec
• Consistent Vc P Hc P
with the r r
a e
boundary Vb b P Hb P
conditions b e r r
• Satisfies
WP d CL
equilibrium.
c
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How do we know these are the forces that will exist in How do we know these are the forces that will exist in
the connection? the connection?
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Requires some
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Ductility Ductility
Ductility??? Ductility???
Duane Miller will also tell there are three rules to "All models are wrong, but some are useful“
problem solving: ~~~ George E.P. Box
Rule #1: Get all the facts. Engineers don’t need the right model and should never assume
they have the right answer.
Rule #2: You’ll never get all the facts.
Engineers need useful models in order to produce safe and
Rule #3: Some facts aren’t… facts. useful designs.
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Ductility Ductility
Ductility – Wrong but Useful Wrong but Useful Models
What is ductility? The geocentric model of the solar system was used to:
• Accurately determined the Earth's radius.
Useful definition: The ability of a structural system to lose • Accurately determine the distance between the Earth and the
stiffness and redistribute load without stuff breaking (too much). Moon
• Develop navigation by compass and mariner's astrolabe
“Like a tree / Out in the backyard/ That never has been broken • Embed in our minds the image of the sun setting and rising.
by the wind… strong enough to bend.” Who says, “Oh what a beautiful moving of the Earth relative
~~~ Don Schlitz & Beth Nielson Chapman to the Sun.”
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Ductility Stiffness
A Nod to Duane Strength and Stiffness
• The solid black line
represents stress versus
strain.
Ductile Design
• The red dashed line
of Steel represents the stiffness
Structures versus strain.
~~~Bruneau,
Uang, • As the material yields, the
Whittaker stiffness decreases and
additional loads go
elsewhere.
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Stiffness Stiffness
Strength and Stiffness Strength and Stiffness
• The solid black line • The solid black line
represents stress versus represents stress versus
strain. strain.
• The red dashed line • The red dashed line
represents the stiffness represents the stiffness
versus strain. versus strain.
• As the material yields, the • As the material yields, the
stiffness decreases and stiffness decreases and
additional loads go additional loads go
elsewhere. elsewhere.
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Stiffness Stiffness
Strength and Stiffness Strength and Stiffness
• The solid black line • The solid black line
represents stress versus represents stress versus
strain. strain.
• The red dashed line • The red dashed line
represents the stiffness represents the stiffness
versus strain. versus strain.
• As the material yields, the • As the material yields, the
stiffness decreases and stiffness decreases and
additional loads go additional loads go
elsewhere. elsewhere.
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Lower Bound
Lower Bound
Theorem An Example
X
0.00 66.67
P
An Example Theorem
0.10
0.13
As an example 0.25
Load
– Assume a simple system of three identical 0.33
tension members supporting a load. 0.50
– This is an indeterminate structure, though 0.67
intuitively we know each bar supports an 0.75
equal load. 0.88
– However, if we assume the center bar 1.00
supports a percentage of the load, x, and
the results are plotted, we have a very
simple example of the Lower Bound
Theorem. X
33.33 x = the % of total load supported by center member
bar capacity
P = total load supported with assumed load
distribution
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Load
Load
0.33 0.33
0.50 0.50
0.67 0.67
0.75 0.75
0.88 0.88
1.00 1.00
X X
33.33 x = the % of total load supported by center member 33.33 x = the % of total load supported by center member
bar capacity bar capacity
P = total load supported with assumed load P = total load supported with assumed load
distribution distribution
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Load
0.33 100.00 0.33 100.00
0.50 0.50 66.67
0.67 0.67
0.75 0.75
0.88 0.88
1.00 1.00
X X
33.33 x = the % of total load supported by center member 33.33 x = the % of total load supported by center member
bar capacity bar capacity
P = total load supported with assumed load P = total load supported with assumed load
distribution distribution
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Load
Load
0.33 100.00 0.33 100.00
0.50 66.67 0.50 66.67
0.67 50.00 0.67 50.00
.075 0.75 44.44
0.88 0.88
1.00 1.00
X X
33.33 x = the % of total load supported by center member 33.33 x = the % of total load supported by center member
bar capacity bar capacity
P = total load supported with assumed load P = total load supported with assumed load
distribution distribution
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Lower Bound
X P
An Example Theorem
Judgement
0.00
0.10
66.67
74.07 Requires some judgement and faith
0.13 76.19
0.25 88.89
Lesson #1 from Duane Miller’s “Important Lessons
Load
0.33 100.00
0.50
0.67
66.67
50.00
I've Learned During The Past 40 Years” (2018
0.75
0.88
44.44
38.10
NASCC):
1.00 33.33
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Judgement Judgement
Requires some judgement and faith Requires some judgement and faith
This requires less deformation
than the previous alternative.
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Judgement Judgement
Requires some judgement and faith Confused???
This makes more sense than this . This makes more sense than this , but
This can be designed safely, but it takes more this is directly and explicitly addressed in the
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Judgement Judgement
Breadcrumbs Requires some judgement and faith
Specification Section G5 in effect states: A similar situation exists for
The half of
the area that rectangular HSS…
The nominal shear strength, Vn, of round HSS, is effective is
according to the limit states of shear yielding… shown in red.
Vn = 0.6FyAg /2
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Judgement Judgement
Requires some judgement and faith Breadcrumbs
A similar situation exists for rectangular Flange Local Bending
HSS… and for wide flange members. Commentary to Section J10.1: “In the
original tests, the strength given by
Equation J10-1 was intended to provide a
lower bound to the force required for weld
fracture, which was aggravated by the
uneven stress and strain demand on the
weld caused by the flange deformation
(Graham et al., 1959).”
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Judgement Judgement
Breadcrumbs Breadcrumbs
For the wide flange section, it is common to For the wide flange section, it is common to
address a deficiency with stiffeners. address a deficiency with stiffeners.
This is not commonly done for HSS. This is not commonly done for HSS because it
is often difficult and very expensive to place
the stiffener. Instead, we calculate an effective
width.
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Judgement
Requires some judgement and faith Shear Lag
Essentially the same considerations – strength Specification Table D3.1 addresses A LOT of
& ductility. conditions.
Judgement Judgement
Shear Lag Shear Lag
From the Steel Interchange: From the Interchange:
• 1/2019: “When checking the wider plate, some judgement must be
exercised. A local yielding check based on the Whitmore section is 3/2014: “Table D3.1 does not address this condition, so you will
typically used, as is indicated in the User Note to Section J4.1.” have to rely on your own engineering judgement… you might
consider an approach similar to the Whitmore check.”
• 9/2016: “… non-uniform stress can occur in elements subjected to
both tension and compression… In extreme cases… the strength of a
compression member could be affected by shear lag… Hopefully, this
will provide enough information for you to use your own
judgement…” 67
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Judgement Judgement
Double Angles with Axial Loads Double Angles with Axial Loads
Both force distributions shown are statically • All three force distributions shown are statically admissible and all
admissible and both can result in a safe can result in a safe design – if there is enough ductility.
design.
• Only one makes sense and requires little ductility.
B=T+Q
B=T 69 70
Judgement
Requires some judgement and faith Requires some judgement and faith
To get the load out to the flanges, a local failure of either the stem or What if this was a column base plate?
the support – or some combination of both - must occur.
Then it is generally reasonable to assume the support will
Either or both must squash without cracking. deform and the stress will distribute. Note Design Guide 1
discusses two different distributions – uniform and triangular.
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Judgement Avoiding
Requires some judgement and faith Problems Circling Back to Communication
The examples just presented represent only a few specific • Boundary conditions are assumed when the members are
conditions and are provided to illustrate more general ideas. designed.
• Often multiple possible load paths exist. • The connections should be designed based on the same (or at
• Multiple possible load paths can produce safe designs. least very similar) boundary conditions.
• Some load paths are more reasonable than others.
• How???
• Consider the basics from Statics and Strength of Materials.
• Judgement and communication are important.
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Avoiding Avoiding
Problems Circling Back to Communication Problems Circling Back to Communication
The Connection Engineer tries to design connections “consistent The Connection Engineer reveals his or her “predictions”
with the intended behavior of the framing system and the through the substantiating connection information.
assumptions made in the structural analysis” by:
• designing consistent with work-points shown in the drawings. The substantiating connection information indicates how the
• abiding by “any restrictions on the types of connections” Connection Engineer interpreted the:
• considering the loads provided • work-points shown in the drawings.
• judgement and experience • “any restrictions on the types of connections”
• exercising psychic abilities • the loads provided
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Avoiding Avoiding
Problems Circling Back to Communication Problems Circling Back to Communication
The Engineer of Record provides feedback about the (Approvals)
“predictions” through: Error Detection & Correction
INFORMATION
SOURCE
TRANSMITTER RECEIVER DESTINATION
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2’-0”
¾” Stiff. Pl for
strong axis
Fine Print: Other factors such as the moment conn.
extensive use of “X-bolts” and welding HSS10x10x5/16 35”
instead of bolting to heavy columns were P=150 kips
also employed to reduce costs. ½” Tab Pl.
½” Tab Pl.
¾” Stiff. Pl for
strong axis 1/2” PLATE
moment conn. (A36)
HSS10x10x5/16 35” 1” PLATE
P=150 kips 1”Tab Pl.
1”Tab Pl. (Gr50)
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5/16” FILLET
WELDS
5/16 5/16
5/16 5/16
5/8 5/8
5/8 5/8
½” Tab Pl. ½” Tab Pl.
(14)- 3/4”
A325 BOLTS
5/8” FILLET
WELDS 1”Tab Pl. 1”Tab Pl.
(24) - 1”
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A490 BOLTS 86
FBD of
Optimum
Solution
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