Steel Buildings in Europe

Part 5: Joint Design 5 - v Contents Page No FOREWORD III SUMMARY VII 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 About this design guide 1 1.2 Joint behaviour 1 1.3 Standardised joints 2 1.4 Tying resistance 3 1.5 Design guidance in this publication 3 1.6 Symbols 4 2 PARTIAL DEPTH END PLATE 5 2.1 Recommended details 5 2.2 Checks for vertical shear 6 2.3 Checks for tying 12 2.4 Worked Example – Partial depth end plate 14 3 FIN PLATE 21 3.1 Recommended details 21 3.2 Checks for vertical shear 22 3.3 Checks for tying 33 3.4 Worked Example: Fin Plate 38 4 DOUBLE ANGLE WEB CLEATS 51 4.1 Recommended details 51 4.2 Checks for vertical shear 52 4.3 Checks for tying 63 4.4 Worked Example: Angle Web Cleats 68 5 COLUMN SPLICES (BEARING TYPE) 83 5.1 Recommended details 83 5.2 Checks for tension 86 5.3 Check for horizontal shear 91 5.4 Checks for vertical tying 91 5.5 Worked Example – Column Splice 93 6 COLUMN BASES 101 6.1 Base plate size 101 6.2 Calculation of c 102 6.3 Base plate thickness 103 6.4 Base plate welds 104 6.5 Worked Example – Column base 105 APPENDIX A LATERAL TORSIONAL BUCKLING STRENGTH 108 REFERENCES 109