CONNECTING ELEMENTS SUBJECT TO COMPRESSION YIELDING AND BUCKLING 9-5

CONNECTING ELEMENT RUPTURE STRENGTH AT WELDS

In many cases, the load path from a weld to the connecting element is such that the strength
of the connecting element can be evaluated directly. However, in some cases, the available
strength of the connecting element is not directly calculable. For example, while the strength
of the beam-web welds for a double-angle connection can be directly calculated, the
strength of the beam web at this weld cannot. In cases such as these. it is often convenient
to calculate the minimum base metal thickness that will match the available shear mpture
strength of the base metal to the available shear rupture strength of the weld(s).
For fillet welds with F!~xx = 70 ksi on one side of the connection, the minimum base metal
thickness required to match the shear rupture strength of the connecting element to the shear
rupture strength of the base metal is

060FEXX( ~J(~)
lmin = ----'-----"--- (9-2)
0.6Fu
3.09D

For fillet welds with FExx = 70 ksi on both sides of the connecting element, the minimum
base metal thickness required to match the shear rupture strength of the connecting clement
to the shear rupture strength of the base metal is 2 times Equation 9-2:

6.19D
lmin=-- (9-3)
Fu

where
D =number of sixteenths of an inch in the weld size on each side of the connecting
element
Fu = specified minimum tensile strength of the connecting element, ksi

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