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UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN
College of Engineering
CE 470.3: Design in Structural Steel
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Lab. No. 2 –– Bolted Connections
Monsi Sekulovic, Kawsar Ahmed, Metro Hrabok 29 September 2010.

Problem No. 1 – Bolts in Combined Shear-&-Tension ( concentric loading).

(10 marks)
For the brace connection in Figure 1, with A325 ¾” bolts (n=12), calculate service load
(T) and factored load capacity (Tf), for the two different types of connections below.
Assume negligible prying forces for this problem.
(a) Bearing type connection: A325 bolts with threads in the shear plane. Assume the
steel is ASTM A36, < Fy =_______MPa, Fu = ________ MPa >.
(b) Slip-critical connection: A325 bolts, “clean mill scale” (Class A) faying surfaces.

[n = 12 bolts] Figure 1:
applied Load through
50 c.g. of bolt group.

150

75
150
20 T cos 30o
30o

16
T sin 30o T
o

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Problem No. 2 – clip L Beam-to-Column connection (both eccentricities)

(30 marks)
The double clip-Ls connection shown in Figure 2, has ¾” diameter A325 HSBs bolts in
bearing with no threads in the shear plane. Assume edge distances and bolt spacing are
adequate. Holes are drilled , use dhole=22 mm in your calculations (Clause 22.3.5)
The Ls steel is G40.21-300W <Fy = 300 MPa, Fu = 450 MPa>, and the W-shapes are
G40.21-350W, <Fy = 350 MPa, Fu = 450 MPa > (page 6-7 Handbook)
Check the adequacy of the connection. The load shown is factored.

90 kN
(factored Load)
[Table 3-37]
Handbook
g1=80 L127x76x6.4 76.2
clip angles
35

100 170

35 page 6-51
Handbook
W360x51 7.2
127
W250x67

standard clearance= 10mm

[Table 3-37, “yellow pages”]

Figure 2

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Solution:
a) bolts connecting long (5”) leg of L and beam web (ein-plane)

-find the shear force acting on [Table 3-37] Handbook

standard gauge = 80 mm (page 6-168)
the bolts due to the factored
load of 90 kN ?
Vf / bolt
[ICR method: use Handbook Table 3-14]
100 170

90 kN
W360x51 Beam
Vf must be Vr and Br
(i) Vr (bolt double shear)= standard clearance= 10mm
[Table 3-4] [Table 3-37] Handbook
(ii) Br (beam web) =

(iii) Br (leg of L)=

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b) bolts connecting short (3”) leg of L and column flange (e faying surfaces at column)

Interaction Equation for Bearing Connections:

Vf 2 Tf 2 <
[ ][ ]
Vr + Tr
1 W250x67 90 kN

(i) Vf /bolt =
(ii) Tf / bolt=
100
(iii) Vr /bolt (single shear) =
(iv) Tr /bolt =

- also check if Vf Br
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(i) Br (connecting leg L)=
(ii) Br (column flange)=
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c) check: shear and block shears in clip Ls <Fy = 0.300 kn/mm2, Fu =0.450 kn/mm2>
[use Clause 13.11 and Figure 2-24 for Ls and read pages 3-56 57 in the Handbook]

dhole = bolt diameter + 2 mm (Clause 22.3.5.1)

(drilled) = 22mm
(Clause 12.3.2)

90 kN

6.35

90 kN
90 kN
6.35
6.35

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Problem No. 3 – Instantaneous centres of rotation

(30 marks)
The eccentrically-loaded connection shown in Figure 3 has A325 ¾” HSBs.
The plate and the column flange are 10 mm thick.
Steel is G40.21-350W, <Fy = 350 MPa, Fu = 450 MPa>.
Assume the connected members and bolt spacings are adequate.
a) suppose this is a bearing connection, with threads excluded from the shear plane,
calculate the maximum value of P which this connection can carry according to both
methods studied in class for connections with “eccentricity in the plane of the faying
surface”. Do both sets calculations longhand. Verify your calculations for the ICR
method, using the Tables in Part 3 of the CISC Handbook.

e=250

50 A

80

80
B P
50

Figure 3a)

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b) repeat the longhand calculations from a) but for a slip-critical connection.

e=250

50 A

80

80
B P
50

Figure 3b)

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Problem No. 4 – General Case: both types of eccentricities

(30 marks) A cantilevered tube is loaded by all 3 translational loads as shown in Figure 4.
The HSS tube is welded to a plate (not shown) which is bolted to a support with 6
fasteners (all the same size) as shown below. The bolts are pretensioned A325 HSB.
The member is 500 mm long and the loads are applied at the corner as shown.
Determine the size of bolts required for a bearing connection.
Work to the centroid of the bolt group at the connection. For eccentricities in-plane of
the faying surfaces use the conventional elastic method. Compare to the “limit method”
based on “instantaneous centres of rotation” as given in the Handbook. Interpolate as
required.
For eccentricities normal-to-the-plane of faying use a conventional elastic method, and
compare to the limit method based on the “special case” given in the Handbook.
Z
100 100
A B
75 75

Lx=500 mm
Pz=-90 kN
160 100

Py=+36 kN

Y
C D Px=+27 kN

160 100

E F
Figure 4

[due: 08 October 2010]

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