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3D Connection Design for Structural Stability

The stability of a structure depends mainly on its connections, which often fail due to shear forces at joints. The document provides a simple 5-step design procedure for 3D structural connections: (1) determine member end forces, (2) calculate connection forces, (3) design bolts for tension and shear capacity, (4) ensure combined capacity is less than 1, and (5) ensure plate thickness is greater than bolt diameter. It also defines notations for the various forces, dimensions, bolt properties, and number of bolts.

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3D Connection Design for Structural Stability

The stability of a structure depends mainly on its connections, which often fail due to shear forces at joints. The document provides a simple 5-step design procedure for 3D structural connections: (1) determine member end forces, (2) calculate connection forces, (3) design bolts for tension and shear capacity, (4) ensure combined capacity is less than 1, and (5) ensure plate thickness is greater than bolt diameter. It also defines notations for the various forces, dimensions, bolt properties, and number of bolts.

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3D - CONNECTION DESIGN

The stability of a structure soley depends on connections. About 90% of structures fail
due to shear resulting mainly at joints. Simple design procedure has been furnished.

Design Procedure
a) Member end forces (as in Staad output):

Beam L/C Node Fx Fy Fz Mx My Mz

b) Connection forces:
Fxt = Fx + Q + Mz / D + My / B + Mx /√(D2 + B2 + D * B * Sin 4/4 * Cos 4/4)
Fyt = Fy + Fz

c) Bolts design:
Capacity of the bolts in tension = Fxt / (Ft * Nr) ≤ 1.0
Capacity of the bolts in shear = Fyt / (Fs * Nt) ≤ 1.0

d) Combined capacity:
Fxt / (Ft * Nr) + (Fyt + Fz) / (Fs * Nt) ≤ 1.0

e) Thickness of the connection plate ≥ bolt diameter.

Notations
D – Depth of the section, B – Breadth of the section, Fx – Linear shear (Axial force) in x-
axis, Fy – Longitudinal shear in y-axis, Fz – Lateral shear in z-axis, Q – Prying force, Fxt –
Total axial force, Fyt – Total shear force, Mx – Torsion along y-axis, My – Bending moment
along z-axis, Mz – Bending moment along x-axis, Ft – Bolt capacity in tension, Fs – Bolt
capacity in shear, Nr – Number of bolt rows, Nt – Total number of bolts.

About the author


Mahaveer Janapala is a Structural Engineer and Interface Manager in an EPC Company.
Licensed to http://www.ghmc.gov.in. He is a postgraduate in Structural Engineering and
a graduate in Civil Engineering from Osmania University (www.osmania.ac.in). He has a
post graduation in Biblical Counseling from ‘CARE’ Counseling Institute
(http://carecounseling.mahalife.com/) affiliated to ‘TOPIC’ (www.topic.us). He was born
(1977), brought up, educated, working and residing in Hyderabad, India.

1 06-July-09

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