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Steel Design to Eurocode 3
Partial safety factors, M for joints are given in
Semi-rigid joints lie somewhere between nominally Shear resistance per shear plate
pinned and rigid. Bearing Resistance
Tension Resistance
Eurocode 3 Combined shear and tension
Principles mostly the same as BS 5950
Results are similar although EC3 results are slightly Bolted Joints Tension
more conservative and this is due to the larger
Tension resistance for ordinary bolts:
partial safety factor (M2=1.25)
Bolt Strength
These values should be adopted as characteristic
values in design calculations : where:
Bolt classes 4.6 5.6 8.8 10.9 As is the tensile stress area of the bolt
M2 = 1.25
fyb (N/mm2) 240 300 640 900
fub is the ultimate tensile strength of the bolt
fub (N/mm2) 400 500 800 1000 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 Bolted Joints Shear
Steel Strength
Shear resistance per shear plane for ordinary bolts
2 2 where the shear plane passes through the threaded
fy (N/mm ) fu (N/mm )
portion of the bolt:
Nominal
Steel Nominal thickness of element thickness of
grade t (mm) element t
(mm)
16 < t 40 < t 63 < t 3t
t 16 t<3
40 63 80 100 where:
430 410
S 275 275 265 255 245 to to As is the tensile stress area of the bolt
580 560 fub is the ultimate tensile strength of the bolt
510 470
S 355 355 345 335 325 to to M2 = 1.25
680 630
Bolt classes 4.6 4.8 5.6 5.8 6.8 8.8 10.9
Extract from Table 7 of EN 10025-2
v 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5
Shear resistance per shear plane for ordinary bolts
where the shear plane passes through the unthreaded
Welded Joints
portion of the bolt: Simplified method for design resistance of fillet
weld (CL 4.5.3.3 and Table 4.1 EN 1993-1-8)
Bolted Joints Bearing Fw,Rd is the design resistance per unit length
Fw,Rd = fvw,da
fvw,d is the design shear strength of the weld
where:
d is the bolt diameter a is the effective throat thickness (see Figure 1)
t is the thickness
M2 = 1.25
fu is the ultimate tensile strength