PRINCIPLES OF STEEL DESIGN
Instructor:
Engr. Alvin N. Deliro
Topics:
❑ Bolted Connection for Tension
Members
❑ Design of Tension Members
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs):
At the end of the topic, the students are expected to:
1. know the types of failure for bolted connections
2. compute the edge distance and minimum spacing
3. know how to design tension members
BLOCK SHEAR
Not all the time that the allowable tensile load is always controlled
by 0.6FyAg or 0.5FuAe (NSCP 2001), or by allowable load on the bolts
or welds with which the joint is connected. Sometimes, it is
controlled by its allowable block shear strength.
In the analysis of block shear strength, the failure of any block shear
may occur along a path involving shear on one plane and tension on
a perpendicular plane.
The allowable block shear strength of a particular member is
determined using the following equation:
T = 0.3 Fu An + 0.5 Fu An (NSCP 2001)
bs v t
where: Anv = net shear area
Ant = net tension area
BLOCK SHEAR
(NSCP 2015):
BLOCK SHEAR
Critical Sections for Block Shear:
1. Bolted Angle
2. Bolted Flange of W Shape
BLOCK SHEAR
Critical Sections for Block Shear:
3. Bolted Plate
4. Bolted Connections with Staggered Hole
BLOCK SHEAR
Problem: Given the following data of the slip-critical tension
connection:
For Plate (A36):
Fy = MPa; Fu = 400 MPa
For Bolts:
Use A325 22-mm diam. in standard
holes with threads excluded from shear planes
End of
Presentation….