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.

Ans:
Due to Shear-122.25kN
Due to Bearing-307.2 kN
Due to Tension
Gross-297.6 kN
Net-329.6 kN
Block Shear-425.92 kN

Problem 2
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 3
 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 Fu=400 Mpa. Determine
the value of P in all possible modes of failure and the safe value of P that the connection can resist.

Ans:
Due to Shear-306.21kN
Due to Bearing-656.64 kN
Due to Tension
Gross-297.6 kN
Net-340 kN

Problem 4
The 300 mm wide, 8 mm thick steel plate is attached to another plate by three 25-mm diameter
A490 bolts whose threads are not excluded from shear planes. The plate is A36 with Fu=410 Mpa.
Determine the safe tensile load P the connection can resist.

Ans:
Due to Shear-284.22kN
Due to Bearing-295.2 kN
Due to Tension
Gross-357.12 kN
Net-351.29 kN
Block Shear-238.85 kN

Problem 5
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.
Ans: 4565.33 mm2
Problem 6
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 Fy=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.
Ans:
a.)19.71 mm
b.)3623.65 mm^2
c.) 539.20 kN

Problem 7
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 8
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 9
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 10
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 11
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.