Problem 1

The single 200 mm x 10 mm steel plate is connected to a 12-mm thick steel plate by four 16 mm
diameter rivets as shown in the figure. The rivets used are A502. Grade 2, hot driven rivets. The Steel is
ASTM A36 with fy=248 MPa and Fu=400 MPa. Determine the value of P in all modes of failure and the

safe value of P that the connection can resist.

Problem 2
A plate with width of 300 millimeters and thickness of 20 millimeters is to be connected to two plates to
two plates of the same width with half the thickness by 25 millimeters diameter rivets, as shown. The
rivet holes have a diameter 2 millimeters larger than the rivet diameter. The plate is A36 steel with yield
strength Fy=248 MPa. Allowable tensile stress on net area is 0.60F y and allowable bearing stress of
1.35Fy. The rivets are A502, Grade 2, hot-driven rivets with allowable shear stress of 150 MPa. See the
figure.

a.) determine the maximum load that can be applied to the connection without exceeding the allowable
tensile stress in the plates.
b.) determine the maximum load that can be applied to the connection without exceeding the allowable
shear stress in the rivets;
c.) determine the maximum load that can be applied to the connection without exceeding the allowable
bearing stress between the plate and the rivets:
Problem 3
A W14 x 211 beam is connected to a steel girder by 4-25 mm bolts as shown in the figure. The bolts are
A325 with threads excluded from shear plane. The steel beam is ASTM A53, the angles and its
connection to the girder can be assumed adequate to carry the loads. Determine the maximum end
reaction that the beam can resist.

Problem 4
A W 18 x 50 beam is attached to W 12 x 65 column by means of two 100 x 75 x 10 angles. Four 19-mm-
diameter bolts attached the angles to the web of the beam, and eight 19-mm-diameter bolts are used to
attach the beam to the column through the same angles.

Determine the maximum beam end reaction the connection can resist based on shear and bearing.
Allowable shear on blot is 93 MPa, allowable bearing stress on contact area is 186 MPa.
Problem 5
A riveted lap joint is shown in the figure. The rivets used are A502, Grade 2, hot driven with diameter of
16 mm. the steel is ASTM A501, 200 mm wide and 10 mm thick. Determine the value of P in all possible
modes of failure and the safe value of P that the connection can resist.

Problem 6
For the lap connection shown in the figure. The rivets are 19-mm diameter and the plates are 8 mm
thick. The rivets used are A502, Grade 1 and the plates are ASTM A36 with F u=400 Mpa. Determine the
value of P in all possible modes of failure and the safe value of P that the connection can resist.

Problem 7
Determine the value of P in all possible modes of failure and the safe value of P that the connection can
resist
Problem 8
The 300 mm wide, 8 mm thick steel plate is attached to another plate by three 16-mm diameter A490
bolts whose threads are not excluded from shear planes. The plate is A36 with F u=410 Mpa. Determine
the safe tensile load P the connection can resist.

Problem 9
A single lap joint is joint is shown in the figure, assuming Plate 2 has adequate net area and does not
control the strength, calculate the governing net area for plate 1.

Problem 10
A plate with width of 400 millimeters and thickness of 12 millimeters is to be connected to a plate of the
same width and thickness by 34 millimeters diameter bolts, as shown in the figure. The holes are 2 mm
larger than the bolt diameter. The plate is A36 steel with yield strength F y=248 Mpa. Assume allowable
tensile stress on net area is 0.60Fy. it is required to determine the value of b such that the net width
along bolts 1-2-3-4 is equal to the net width along bolts 1-2-4.

a.) Calculate the value of b in millimeters.

b.) Calculate the value of the net area for tension in plates in square millimeters.
c.) Calculate the value of P so that the allowable tensile stress on net area will not be exceeded.
Problem 11
A steel is 360 mm wide and 20 mm thick with four bolt holes cut into a plate as shown in the figure.
Calculate the critical net area of the section.

Problem 12
Calculate the service tensile load capacity for an L150 x 90 x 12 A53 steel connected with 22-mm
diameter A490 bolts in standard holes as shown in the figure
Problem 13
Determine the critical net area for the angle given in the figure if 16-mm- diameter holes are used.

Problem 15
A W12x30, tension member is connected to a W shaped beam by a 16 16-mm-diameter A325 bolts on
standard holes with threads excluded from shear planes, as shown in the figure. All steel are A36 with
Fu=400 Mpa. Calculate the capacity of the member. Assume that the gusset plates do not control the
strength.

Problem 16
Determine the adequacy of the fasteners in the figure shown, when 22-mm-diameter A325 bolts are
used in a bearing-type connection with threaded excluded from shear planes. Assume the strength of
column flange and ST does not govern the strength.
Problem 17
The connection shown in the figure consists of 10 A490 bolts and is attached to the column flange. The
bolts are subject to shear and tension in a bearing-type connection with no threads in the shear plane.
Assume the strength of column flange and the plates does not govern the strength.

a.) Investigate the adequacy of the bolts if P=300 kN

b.) Determine the safe value of P.

Problem 18
Determine the shear force on the most stressed fastener in the figure shown if P=1000 kN.
Problem 19
In the connection shown in the figure, a load transmits 200 kN load acting at an eccentricity of 200 mm.
for this problem a = b = 250 mm. the load is transmitted to the column by the plates and eight 22-mm-
diameter rivets. The plates are adequate to transmit the load to the rivets. The connection can be
analyzed by replacing the given load with an equivalent loading composed of a vertical force alone acting
through the centroid of the rivets and a moment.

a.) Calculate the maximum shear stress in the rivets for

equivalent vertical force alone acting on the centroid.
b.) Calculate the maximum shear stress in the rivets for
the
equivalent moment alone acting at the centroid.
c.) Calculate the maximum shear stress rivets.

Problem 20
Bolts 22 mm in diameter are used in the single-plate connection shown in the Figure. The bolts are A490
with threads not excluded from shear planes and in standard holes. The plate is A36 with Fu=420 MPa.
The load P=80 kN.

a.) Which of the following most nearly gives

the maximum shearing stress, in the bolts,
in MPa.
b.) Which of the following most nearly gives
the required plate thickness, in mm, so as
not to exceed the allowable bearing stress.
c.) Which of the following most nearly gives
the required plate thickness, in mm, so as
not to exceed the allowable tensile stress,
assuming that the allowable bending stress
on tension and compression on strong axis
of the plate is 150 MPa.

Problem 23
The gusset shown in the figure is riveted to the column flange by 7 20-mm. diameter rivet in single shear.
Determine the stress in the most heavily-loaded bolt.

Problem 24

For the connection shown in the figure.

P=40 kN
=45
e=250 mm
a=100 mm
b=150 mm
c=200 mm
The rivets are 25-mm in diameter, A502, Grade 1, hot-driven, with allowable shearing stress of 120 MPa.
Assume the plates are adequate to transmit the load to the rivets.

a.) Determine the shearing stress on the

most stressed rivet.
b.) Determine the maximum
eccentricity if the load P is
maintained.
c.) Determine the maximum load P if
the eccentricity is maintained.