Detail-B calculations

from EC2-1-8

Section 7

Table 7.10: Design axial resistances of welded joints between square or circular
hollow section

Type of joint Design resistance [i = 1 or 2, j = overlapped brace]

T, Y and X joints Chord face failure ȕ ” 0,85

2
k n f y0t0 § 2E ·
N1,Rd = ¨¨  4 1  E ¸¸ / J M 5
1  E sin T1 © sin T 1 ¹

K and N gap joints Chord face failure ȕ ” 1,0

8,9J 0,5 k n f y 0 t 02 § b1  b2 ·
Ni,Rd = ¨¨ ¸¸ / J M 5
sin T i © 2b0 ¹

K and N overlap joints *) Brace failure 25% ” Ȝov < 50%

§ Oov
Member i or member j may be either tension or
compression but one should be tension and the
Ni,Rd = f yi t i ¨ beff  be ,ov  2hi  4t i ·¸ / J M 5
© 50 ¹
other compression.
Brace failure 50% ” Ȝov < 80%

> @
Ni,Rd = f yi t i beff  be ,ov  2hi  4t i / J M 5

Brace failure Ȝov • 80%

> @
Ni,Rd = f yi t i bi  be ,ov  2hi  4t i / J M 5

Parameters beff , be,ov and kn

10 f y 0t0 For n > 0 (compression):

beff = bi but beff ” bi 0,4n
b0 / t0 f yi ti kn = 1,3 
E
10 f yj t j but kn ” 1,0
be,ov = bi but be,ov ” bi For n ” 0 (tension):
b j / t j f yi t i
kn = 1,0
For circular braces, multiply the above resistances by ʌ/4, replace b1 and h1 by d1 and replace b2 and
h2 by d2 .

*) Only the overlapping brace member i need be checked. The brace member efficiency (i.e. the design
resistance of the joint divided by the design plastic resistance of the brace member) of the
overlapped brace member j should be taken as equal to that of the overlapping brace member.