Tutorial 1

Design and Analysis of joint

1) Two plates 12mm*60mm are connected in a lap joint with 4bolts of 16mm diameter of
grade 4.6. Determine the strength of the joint. All dimensions are in mm.

2) A butt joint is used to connect two 12mm thick plates as shown in figure. The diameter
of bolts is 20mm. The factored tensile force on the plates is 500KN. Design the
connection.
8mm

12mm
8

250mm

3) A lower chord of the truss has a vertical and diagonal member meeting at a point A in it as 300mm
shown in figure along with the axial forces. Design the joint A of the roof truss if the members are

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connected with 16mm diameter bolts of 4.6 grade to the gusset plate of 12mm thick.

Calculate Bolt value and no. of bolt for each member and draw fig.
4) Determine the maximum load in the bolt of the eccentric connection as shown in fig.1
P
200mm
600

Fig:1

50KN
30mm
5) Estimate the safe inclined load as shown in figure 2. The bolts areFig:2
22mm diameter eight in 60mm
numbers of grade 4.6 600Figure
60mm 3.
6) Find the maximum load inclined at 60o to the horizontal, which the bracket shown in figure3
60mm
can transmit if five grade 8.8 bolts with a diameter of 20mm are used and plates connected are
60mm
10mm thick. All dimension are in mm.(Ans:42.35KN)
30mm

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Fig:3
7) Design the fillet weld for the angle section ISA80*50*8mm (Fe410 grade steel ) if welding is
on three sides as shown in figure. Take size of weld =6mm

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8) A bracket is subjected to a load of 100KN as shown in figure 4. The bracket is welded to a
stanchion by means of three weld lines. Find out the size of weld so that the load is carried safely.

9) A bracket plate is used to transfer the reaction of a beam to a column flange as shown
in figure. The bracket plate is connected to the column flange by a 6mm fillet weld.
Compute the maximum load that can be placed over the bracket plates at a distance of
75mm from the flange of the column section.

ISHB 300

10) Design an bolted bracket connection to the following requirements.

Factored load on each bracket plate=180 KN, Eccentricity,e=250 mm
No. of vertical rows of bolts=2 , Distance between the two rows=120mm
Spacing of bolts in each vertical row=100mm , Bolt diameter=20mm
Thickness of bracket plate=10mm

11) Design an eccentric boleted connection to support a factored load of 100 KN at an

eccentricity of 25mm from the column face

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 60KN