SCIA Engineer Fact Sheet

Steel connection modeller ( esa.1 8)

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Scia Engineer Connection modeller is a package of powerful programs for
the design of connections in steel frames. With these modules the designer
has an interactive, graphical tool at his disposal for the design of bolted and
welded connections.
Working with connection modeller
The design of the connection is done on the CAD model in the graphical
environment of SCIA Engineer. The nodes to be design are selected
graphically with the mouse pointer. The elements of the connection (cleats,
haunches, stiffeners, angles, bolts,...) are entered in clear dialogue
windows. Bolts and anchors are selected from an open bolt library. All
elements are visible on the screen.
Detailed drawings with dimensioning of all parts of the connection are
generated automatically, using the wizard module detailed connection
drawing (esadt.02).

Frame rigid connections

The following connections are supported:
l Beam- to- column connections: bolted with end- plate or welded
connection (knee, cross, single T, double T);
l Beam-to-beam connections: end-plate type beam splice (plate-to-plate
connection);
l Column base: bolted base plate connection.
For the types beam- to- beam and column base, symmetric and
asymmetric I sections (with variable height included) and RHS sections are
supported, both for major-axis bending configuration.
For the type beam-to-column, symmetric and asymmetric I sections (with
variable height included) and RHS sections are supported for the beam
element in a major-axis bending configuration; the column element can be
an I section (with variable height included) in a major-axis configuration or an
I section in a minor-axis bending configuration.
The following types of stiffeners are considered:
l Haunches made from profiles or from plate;
l Web doublers;
l Backing plates;
l Triangular and rectangular stiffeners.
For the column bases, the following types of stiffeners are considered:
l Haunches made from profiles or from plates;
l Triangular and rectangular stiffeners;
l Shear iron;
l Flange wideners.

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The following anchor types are supported: straight, hooked, curved anchors
and anchors with a circular plate; anchors made of plain bars or high-bond
bars.

Pinned connections
The frame pinned connections are connections that do not transfer any
moment. This is caused by the gap between the beam flange and the
column flange.
The beam- to- column connections are supported (knee, cross, single T,
double T). The following connection elements are supported:
l Plate welded to beam web and welded to column flange;
l Plate bolted in beam web and welded to column flange;
l Angle section bolted in beam web and bolted in column flange;
l Short end-plate: welded to beam web and bolted in column flange.
For the beam element, the symmetric I sections for the major-axis bending
configuration, are supported; the column element can be a symmetric I
section in the major-axis configuration or in the minor-axis configuration.

Required modules
esa.00