Transcription of Simple Shear Connection Limit States
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February 2008 MODERN STEEL CONSTRUCTION21 GSimple Shear Connection Limit StatessteelwiseFebruary 2008 Understanding Limit States is essential to understanding steel Connection design. Here s a look at common Limit States for Simple Shear o ur Connection toideas + answersGOOD Connection DESIGN IS aLL abOUT fOLLOwING LOaD ThROUGh aLL ThE ELE-MENTS IN ITS paTh. Load must be able to trans-fer from beam web to bolts to angles to more bolts and through to the supporting web. Each of these Connection elements has their own set of discrete Limit States . A quick review of these Limit States is a good check to make sure you are covering all your bases when designing. The following is a list of references and also some examples of the most common Limit States to be checked on Simple Shear connections.
ing the net area of the cross-section, A nv. The proper cross section to use in cal-culating this area is one cut through the element in the direction of the applied shear force. When subtracting area due to bolt holes, an extra 1⁄ 16 in. is added to the hole size dimension per Specification Section B3.13(b). This is in addition to
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