AISC - PART 10

FULLY RESTRAINED (FR)

MOMENT CONNECTIONS

EXTENDED END-PLATE CONNECTIONS

Presented by
Zin Min Oo
SSD-04
5.5.2019
Outline of Presentation
FULLY RESTRAINED (FR) MOMENT CONNECTIONS

 Flange-Plated Connections

 Directly Welded Flange Connections

 Extended End Plate Connections

Difference Between Shear End Plate Connections and

Extended End Plate Connections

Extended End-Plate Connections

Extended end-plate connections may be used only in statically loaded

applications (buildings in seismic zone 1 and unimportant buildings in
seismic zone 2 are considered statically loaded).
The bolts in tension should be arranged in a symmetrical pattern with half
above and half below the tension flange.
At least two bolts should be used at the compression flange; these bolts
serve primarily to carry shear forces.
Classification of Extended End Plate Connections

Extended end-plates are classified based on the number of

bolts at the tension flange and may be used with or without
stiffeners.

a) Four-bolt unstiffened
b) Four-bolt-wide unstiffened
c) Eight-bolt stiffened.
Configurations of extended end-plate
FR connection
Shop and Field Practices

This type of connection requires extra care in shop fabrication and

field erection. The fit-up of extended end-plate connections is sensitive to the
column flanges and may be affected by column flange-to-web squareness,
beam camber, or squareness of the beam end.
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