CE 6121: Advanced Structural Steel Design

Course Teacher: Prof. Dr. K.M. Amanat

Term: April 2020

Assignment-5: Connections-1
Answers to all questions/problems must be accompanied by relevant
drawings/illustrations/figures/sketches etc. for easier understanding.

For solving the problems, use design formulas and avoid using charts from manual.

1. For a connection similar to the one shown in Fig.1, Analytically determine the number of
3/4-in.-diam A325 bolts required to carry a shear force consisting of 20 kips dead load and
60 kips live load, and a tension force of 25 kips dead load and 100 kips live load. The
connection is to be designed such that the resultant force acts through the centroid of the
connection. Use Load and Resistance Factor Design: (a) design as a bearing-type (A325-X)
connection, and (b) design as a slip-critical (A325-SC) connection having Class A surface
condition and standard holes.

Fig.1

2. Analytically compute the factored load Pu capacity for the reaction on the 5 row Simple
Connection of Fig.2 for connecting a W30x99 beam to a column having a ¾-in. flange. Use
7/8-in.-diam. A325-SC bolts as a slip-critical connection. The connection uses clean mill
scale (Class A) surface condition. Use the AISC LRFD Method with A36 angles and A992
beam and column. Assume 75% live load and 25% dead load.

Fig.2

3. Analytically design a double-angle simple shear connection for a W24x104 beam having a
factored load reaction Pu of 210 kips. This is to frame into the side of a plate girder having a
3/8-in. web. The connection is to be of 3/4-in.-diam A325 bolts in a bearing-type
connection with threads excluded from the shear planes. Use AISC LRFD Method and A992
steel.
4. Analytically compute the factored load Pu, based on capacity of welds A and B of the angle
connection shown in Fig.3. The beam is a W30X99 and the weld is ¼-in. with E70
1 5
electrodes. The angles are 4 × 3 × with L=16” length. Use A36 steel for the angles and
2 16
A992 steel for the W section. Assume base material is thick enough to preclude shear
fracture as the controlling limit state; i.e., the fillet weld strength controls. Follow AISC
LRFD Method.

Fig.3

Last date of submission: 3rd June, 2021