1. ENCE 455 Design of Steel Structures
VIII. Simple Shear Connection
C. C. Fu, Ph.D., P.E.
Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
University of Maryland

2. Review Bolts and Welds
Design bolt bearing strength (Le ≥ 1.5d, s ≥ 3d)
Design bolt shear strength – no threads in shear planes
Design bolt shear strength – threads in shear planes
Design bolt tensile strength
Design strength of the weld  
Rn = 0.707wL(Fw)= 0.707wL(0.75[0.6FEXX])=0.32wLFEXX

3. Double-Angle Connection
For bolted connection (AISC Tables 10-1 or -2) 1 2 3 4

4. Double-Angle Connection
For welded connection (AISC Table 10-3) 1a 2a 3a

5. Double-Angle Connection (coped)
For all bolted connection (AISC Tables 10-1 or -2 w/ Tables 9-2, -3, & -4) 1 2 3 4 5

6. Double-Angle Connection (coped)
For bolted/welded connection (AISC Tables 10-2 or -3) 1a 2a

7. Unstiffened Seated Connection
For all bolted connection (AISC Table 10-5) 1 2 3 4
For bolted/welded connection (AISC Tables 10-5 & -6) 1a

8. Stiffened Seated Connection
For all welded connection (AISC Tables 10-7 or 8) 1 2 3 4 5 6

9. Single-Plate Connection
For single-plate connection (AISC Table 10-9) 1 2

10. Single-Plate Connection
For extended single-plate connection 1 2 3 4 5 6

11. Single-Plate Shear Splice
For all bolted shear splce 1 2 3 4 5 6

12. Single-Plate Shear Splice
For welded shear splice 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a

13. Bracket Plate Design
For bolt bracket plate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

14. Bracket Plate Design
For welded bracket plate 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a

15. Eccentrically-Loaded Group
Elastic Method
(AISC Tables 7-7~14 for IC Method)
For bolt group 1 2 3

16. Eccentrically-Loaded Group
Elastic Method
(AISC Tables 8-4~11 for IC Method)
For welded group 1a 2a 3a

17. Single-Angle Connection
For all bolted single-angle connection (AISC Table 10-10) 1 2 3 4 5 6

18. Single-Angle Connection
For bolted/welded single-angle connection
(AISC Tables or -11) 1a 2a 3a

19. Tee Connection
For all bolted tee connection 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

20. Tee Connection For bolted/welded tee connection 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a