COLUMN SPLICE CONNECTION - 4 Bolt Stiffened End Plates ONLY

Using AISC Design Guide 4 / Chapter 3 Design Procedure

Bolts shown are indicative only

Check for 50% Moment

Check fo actual forces
COLUMN SECTION: capacity of section
WH500X400X12X25
Column member
d= 500 mm
Depth
bf = 400 mm
Width
tw = 12 mm
Thickness of web
tf = 25 mm
Thickness of flange
Fy = 47.13 ksi
Yield stress of material
A= 39.37 in2
Area of section
Zxx = 326.93 in3
Section modulus @ major axis
Zyy = 123.04 in3
Section modulus @ minor axis
Fuf= 68 ksi
Tensile strength of column flange

CAP PLATE DETAIL:

= 500 mm
Width of cap plate
= 880 mm
Depth of cap plate
= 32 mm
Thickness of cap plate
= 42.78 ksi
Yield stress of cap plate
Fuc= 68 ksi
Tensile strength of Cap plate
= 33 ksi
Yiled strength of stiffener plates

% of member
50
capacity
DESIGN FORCES:
= 7704 Kips-in 7704 Kips-in
a) Major axis moment
= 131 Kips 131 Kips
b) Shear Force
= 366 Kips
d) Shear capacity along the column web
= 172 Kips
d) Shear capacity along the column web
= 113 Kips
d) Shear capacity along the column web
= 974 Kips
d) Shear capacity along the column web

ACTUAL FORCE FROM STAAD

= 0 Kips 0
a) Tensile force
= 2748 Kips-in 0
b) Major axis moment
= 264 Kips-in 0
c) Minor axis moment
= 39 Kips 0
d) Shear force parallel to column web
= 27 Kips 0
e) Shear force parallel column flanges
= 209 Kips 0
f) Maximum compressive force

(All compression forces are transferred through contact bearing)

BOLT DETAILS:
= A325 A325
Bolt grade
= 1.250 inch 1.500 inch
Bolt dia,d

bp = 20.0 inch 20.0 inch

End plate width
 = 3.00 inch 3.00 inch
Vertical edge distance for outside bolt holes
= 10.0 inch 10.0 inch
Gage distance
= 4.000 inch 4.510 inch
Pfi
= 4.000 inch 4.510 inch
Pfo

Fnv = 48 Ksi 48 Ksi

Bolt Nominal shear stress,Fnv

Fnt = 90 Ksi 90 Ksi

Bolt Nominal tensile stress, Fnt
= 63.60 Kips 63.60 Kips
Shear capacity per bolt
= 83 Kips 119.00 Kips
Tension capacity per bolt Rn
= 4 4
No of bolt rows
= 2 2
No of bolt columns
= 0 0
Additional bolts outside column flange
= 8 8
Total no of bolts

CHECK FOR BOLTS:

= 4.88 Kips 16.4 Kips
Shear force per bolt along the column web Fv
= 3.38 Kips 0.0 Kips
Shear force per bolt along the column flanges Fh
= 5.93 Kips OK 16 Kips
Resultant shear force Fs

= 6.6 Kips 0.0 Kips

Tension acting in the bolt due to minor axis moment

= 11.2 Kips 12.9 Kips

Total Tension in the first row of bolt
= 18.5 Kips 33.4 Kips
Total Tension in the second row of bolt
= 26.9 Kips 56.9 Kips
Total Tension in the third row of bolt
= 0.0 Kips 0.0 Kips
Total Tension in the forth row of bolt
= 0.0 Kips 0.0 Kips
Total Tension in the fifth row of bolt
= 0.0 Kips 0.0 Kips
Total Tension in the sixth row of bolt
= 0.0 Kips 0.0 Kips
Total Tension in the seventh row of bolt
= 0.0 Kips Kips
Total Tension in the eighth row of bolt

Splice/end plate thickness:

= 27 Kips OK 56.9 Kips
Maximum tension per bolt
= 1.3125 inch 1.3125 inch
Bolt hole dia
= 6.47 inch 6.47 inch
Yield line distance from center of bolts s

Yp = 178.5 inch 178.5 inch

End plate yield line mehanism parameter

1 . 11  M np tmin = 1.01 inch OK 1.01 inch

Thickness required of plate
 b F yp Y p = 1.50 inch 1.50 inch
Thickness provided t provided

CHECK FOR COMBINED SHEAR AND TENSION

= 5.93 Kips 16.4

Shear force per bolt

fv = 4.8 ksi 9.3

Shear stress per bolt

F'nt = 90.0 ksi 90.0

Nominal tensile stress modified
= 82.8 Kips 119.3
Modified tensile strength of bolts Rn
= 0.32 OK 0.48
Utilisation ratio

CHECK FOR WELD BETWEEN COLUMN WEB AND BASE/CAP PLATE

= 355.03 Kips
Tension capacity of column web
= 8.00 mm
Weld size required

Weld provided : 1/2" at flange & 3/8 " at web

Stiffeners at column cap plate: 3/4" at flanges & 1/2" in between column web.

Weld provided for stiffeners : 3/8" for 3/4 " stiffener at flange & 3/8" for 1/2" stiffener in between column web.

= 0.68 inch
Required Stiffener Thickness ts, required
= 0.75 inch OK
ts, provided
= 9.33
Stiffener Local Buckling
= 14.58 OK
Stiffener Allowable Local Buckling
 BEAM DEPTH
VER.BRACE ϴv 300 400 500 600 700 800
LB 31 34 38 41 44 48
40
LC 26 26 26 26 26 26
LB 44 49 54 58 63 67
HW300X300 50
LC 26 26 26 26 26 26
LB 64 72 78 84 92 99
60
LC 26 26 26 26 26 26
 DESIGN
COLUMN MEMBER BOLT DETAILS BASE PLATE DETAIL
FORCE

NO OF BOLT NO OF BOLT
NO OF BOLT NO OF BOLT EDGE THICKNESS
COLUMN COLUMN GAGE WIDTH OF DEPTH OF
TOTAL NO BOLT DIA ROW OUTSIDE ROW INSIDE PITCH DISTANCE Pfi Pfo OF BASE MOMENT
OUTSIDE INSIDE DISTANCE BASE PLATE BASE PLATE
OF BOLTS (in) COLUMN COLUMN (s) (in) MINIMUM (in) (in) PLATE (Kip-in)
COLUMN COLUMN (g) (in) (Bp) (in) (Dp) (in)
FLANGE EACH FLANGE (e) (in) (Tb) (in)
FLANGE FLANGE

2 3/8
WH800X400X16X36 20 1 1/2 4 2 1 6 4.5 3 6 3 3 21 43.5 20000
[60]

2
WH500X400X12X25 16 1 1/4 4 2 1 4 3.75 2.5 6 2.5 2.5 21 30 8173
[50]

2
HW400X400X13X21 12 1 1/2 4 2 1 2 4.5 3 6 3 3 21 28 5500
[50]

1 3/4
HW350X350X12X19 12 1 1/4 4 2 1 2 3.75 2.5 5.5 2.5 2.5 18 24 3800
[45]

1 9/16
HW300X300X10X15 12 1 4 2 1 2 3.25 2 5 2.5 2.5 15.5 22 2234
[40]

1 9/16
HW250X250X9X14 12 1 4 2 1 2 3.25 2 4.5 2.5 2.5 15 20 1430
[40]
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kg/m kg/m H B B t1 t2 r n/a A n/a t1+r
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t1+r
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