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Example D.9 Find Ae of a Plate with Staggered Bolts

Given:

See Fig. D-9 below. A 14 in. wide and in. thick plate subject to tensile loading has staggered holes as shown.
Compute An and Ae

Solution:

Calculate net hole diameter Section D3.2

dnet = dh + in. = 0.875 in.

Compute the net width for all possible paths across the plate
Because of symmetry, many of the net widths are identical and need not be calculated
s2
w = 14.0 - d net Section D3.2
4g
Line A-B-E-F: w 14.0 in.- 2(0.875 in.) 12.3 in.
2 2
2.50 in. 2.50 in.
Line A-B-C-D-E-F: w 14.0 in.- 4(0.875in.) 11.5in. (controls)
4(3.00 in.) 4(3.00 in.)
2
2.50 in.
Line A-B-C-D-G: w 14.0 in.- 3(0.875 in.) 11.9 in.
4(3.00 in.)
2 2
2.50 in. 2.50 in.
Line A-B-D-E-F: w 14.0 in.-3(0.875 in.) 12.1in.
4(7.00 in.) 4(3.00 in.)
Therefore, An = (11.5 in.) 0.500 in.) = 5.75 in.2

Calculate U

Since tension load is transmitted to all elements by the fasteners

Table D3.1
U= 1.0 Case 1

Ae = An(1.0) = 5.75 in.2 Eqn. D3-1