MULLION BRACKET ANALYSIS

BS 8118: Part 1: 1991 Structural Use of Aluminum

I. CHECK FOR BOLT AND BEARING ON THE ALUMINUM
IA. GENERAL PROPERTIES
A. Threaded Fastener
Bolt Grade = A4-70 Bolt grade
D
b
= 8 mm Bolt diameter
U
b
= 700 MPa Minimum tensile strength of the fasterner
Y
b
= 450 MPa
p
s
= 280 MPa
0.4U
b
(BS 5950-1:2000; Table 30) Shear strength
p
t
= 450 MPa
0.7U
b
or Y
b
(BS 5950-1:2000; Table 34) Tensile strength
p
bb
= 805 MPa
0.7(U
b
+ Y
b
) (BS 5950-1:2000; Table 31) Bearing strength
A
s
= 36.6
mm
2
Tensile stress area
t
p1
= 3 mm Thickness of ply1
t
p2
= 3 mm Thickness of ply2

m
= 1.2 Material factor
Fastener shear capacity
P
v
= 280 36.6 /1000
p
s
A
s
(BS 5950-1:2000; Sec 6.3.2.1) Shear capacity
P
v
= 10.25 KN
p
s
A
s
(BS 5950-1:2000; Sec 6.3.2.1) Shear capacity
Fastener bearing capacity
P
bb
= 8 3 805 /1000
dt
p
p
bb
(BS 5950-1:2000; Sec 6.3.3.2) Bearing capacity
P
bb
= 19.32 KN
dt
p
p
bb
(BS 5950-1:2000; Sec 6.3.3.2) Bearing capacity
B. Aluminum Ply
Alloy = 6063-T6 Aluminum alloy (BS 8118; Table4.1)
p
a
= 175 MPa Limiting stress (BS 8118; Table4.1)
e
bb
= 10 mm Edge distance
c = 2 Diameter to thickness ratio factor(BS 8118 Sec 6.4.4) Bearing

m
= 1.2 Material factor
Connected ply bearing capacity
B
RP1
= (2 8 3 175/1.2)/1000 cDbtpa/ym (BS 8118 Sec 6.4.4) Bearing
B
RP1
= 8.4 KN cDbtpa/ym (BS 8118 Sec 6.4.4) Bearing
B
RP2
= (10 3 175/1.2)/1000 etpa/ym (BS 8118 Sec 6.4.4) Bearing
B
RP2
= 5.25 KN etpa/ym (BS 8118 Sec 6.4.4) Bearing
B
RP
= min( B
RP1
, B
RP2
) (BS 8118 Sec 6.4.4) Bearing capacity of the ply
B
RP
= 5.25 KN (BS 8118 Sec 6.4.4) Bearing capacity of the ply
II. CAPACITY CHECK
A. Factored force calculation
N
b
= 1 No. of fasterners in the direction of the shear
N
s
= 1 No. of sides in the direction of shear
Factored shear along the x-axis for single fastener
V
bx
= 0.35 KN
V
by
= 0.11 KN
Total shear acting on a single fasterner
V
b
= (Vb
x
2
+ Vb
y
2
)/ N
b
N
s
Total shear acting on a single fasterner
V
b
= (0.35 + 0.11) / 1 1 Total shear acting on a single fasterner
V
b
= 0.37 KN Total shear acting on a single fasterner
B. Summary check
Bearing resistance of ply check
V
b
< B
RP
= 0.37 < 5.25; Therefore OK for bearing on the ply
Shear resistance of fastener check
V
b
< P
v
= 0.37 < 10.25; Therefore OK for shear on the bolt
Bearing resistance of fastener check
V
b
< P
bb
= 0.37 < 19.32; Therefore OK for bearing on the bolt