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Two plates are joined together by

SORSOGON STATE UNIVERSITY
Sorsogon City
Engineering-Architecture Department
Final Exam in Principles of Steel Design
Series 1
four rivets 25 mm in diameter as
shown. Find the maximum load T
that the connection can carry
considering all modes of failure.
Allowable shearing stress for rivets =
70 MPa, allowable tearing stress of
plates = 100 MPa, and allowable
bearing stress of rivets = 140 MPa.

Topics Covered: Properties of Section,

Analysis and design for axial tension, Analysis
and design for axial compression:

1. The strength of a W360 x 44 rolled

steel beams is increased by
attaching a plate to its upper flange.
Determine the moment of inertia
with respect to an axis which is
parallel to the plate and passes
through the centroid of the section.
(Refer to the steel table for the
relevant shape properties)
4. Calculate the block shear strength
of the single angle tension member L
4 x 4 x 3/8 made from A36 steel
which is connected to the gusset
plate with 5/8 in. diameter bolts. The
bolt spacing is 3 in. center-to-center
and the edge distances are 1.5 in
and 2.0 in as shown in the Figure
below. (Express your answer in
English units)

2. Two C 310 x 45 channels are latticed

together so that they have equal
moments of inertia about the
principal axes. Determine the
minimum length of a column having
this section, assuming pinned ends, E
= 200 GPa and a proportional limit of
240 MPa.