STRUCTURALSTEELOF'CAROLINA

CONNECTIONSTANDARDS
SINGLE.PLATE SHEAR CONNECTIONS
CONVENTIONAL CONFIGURATION
ALLOWABLE STRESSDESIGN

PRXPAREDBY:
PIPPINENGINEERING, PLLC
ROBERT S.PPPIN,P.E.
307E LOWEAVE
LIBERTY,NC 27298
(336)373-1790
DECEMBER,2Ol1

CONTENTS

(1) CONNECTIONDETATL"A" P.1

(2) AVATLABLE CONNECTTON
STRENGTHSCHEDULE P.2
(3) SUPPORTINGCALCULATIONS P.3-29
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DETAIL

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307 EAST LOWE AVENUE LISERTY,NC 272S8

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 SINGLE-PLATE
CONNECTION
CONVENTIONAL
CONFIGURATION
ALTOWABIE
STRESS DESIGN
NUMBEROF PLATE MAXTOPCOPE AVAILABTE
BEAMSlzE BOLTS,
N LENGTH,
lN. (Lx d) KIPS
STRENGTH,

W8 s t/z 2t/2xI7/2 ,L)

w10 s t/2 4xI1,/2 15.8

w12 6 Llt 4I/2 xI3/4 25
w14 911') 4U2x4 28.7
w16 1t 1l) 5x3 4r.6
w18 L4 7/2 5x 2 53
w21 t7 1./2 5x2 63.6
w24 20 1./2 6 x 1.3/4 74
w27 )2 |l) 6xr3/4 84

NOTE:
T H EA V A I L A B LSET R E N G T HSHS O W NA B O V EA R EB A S E D U P O NT H EC R I T E R I A
S H O W NB E L O WF. O RC O N N E C T I O N O S TS A T I S F Y I N
AGL LO FT H EC R I T E R I A
S H O W NT, H ED E T A I L EI SRT O N O T I F Y
PIPPIN ENGINEERIN I DGE N T I F Y I N
WGH I C H
C O N N E C T I OR NESQ UI R EF U R T H EIR
NVESTIGAT NI/O
D E S IN G.

DESIGNCRITERIA:
1 . W I D EF L A N GS EH A P ECSO N F O R M I NTGOA S T MA 9 9 2
2. CONNECTION PLATES CONFORMING TO ASTIVI A36
''SNUG-TIGHT.' WITHHORIZONTAL
3.3/4'' DIAMETER A325.NBOLTSINSTALLED
S H O RS I N P L A T EH. A R D E N EW
T L O TH O L E S DA S H E R O V E RS L O T
4 . 7 0 K s IW E L DF I L L EM
RETAL
5 . F O RB E A M S O N O N ES I D EO FT H ES U P P O R T I NMGE M B E R T H EM I N I M U MW E B
THICKNES OSFT H ES U P P O R T I NMGE M B E R = 0 . 1 9 0l N .
6 . F O RB A C K T O B A C KP L A T EW E L D SO N T H ES U P P O R T I NMGE M B E R T H EM I N I M U MW E B
THICKNES OS =
FT H ES U P P O R T I NMGE M B E R 0 . 3 8 1l N . U N L E STSH EP L A T E S / W E LADRSES T A G G E R E D
7 . I F D E E P EARN D / O RW I D E RT O PC O P E A SS
S R ER E Q U I R ETDH EA V A I L A B LSET R E N G T H HOWN
N ,O T I FPYI P P I E
A R EN O T V A L I D NN G I N E E R I N G .
C O P E ISN A D D I T I O T
8 . I FB O T T O M NO T H ET O PC O P EA SR ER E Q U I R ETDH EA V A I L A B L E
S T R E N G TSHHS O W NA R EN O TV A L I DN . OTIFY PIPPIN ENGINEERING.
9 . B E A MS E T B A CAKN DM I N I M U ME D G ED I S T A N C EAS R ET O B EP E RD E T A IA
L.
S C1 3 M A N U A LP A G E1 0 - 1 0 1
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