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Example 7 - ACI 355.3R-11 Ex. 4.12 Stud plate with moment and shear

We must check the design of an embedded plate with six ¾ in. dia. studs that supports a steel beam. The beam puts 60
kip shear and 360 in-kip factored loads on the plate. The supporting member is 24 in. thick, 6 ksi concrete and the plate is
not near any free edges. The construction is in a high seismic area.

You either can enter the data into a new problem as shown in the following screen shots or load the data from the file
"EX7-ACI355.3R11-Ex4.12-Studs-w-moment-and-shear.std" which is distributed with the installed package. In the
location bar at the top of the File → Open dialog enter '%ProgramData%\STI\Examples'. Then choose the data file from
those listed.

We start on the "User Information" page by entering a title and our initials (both will be included in the printed report).
Select "ACI 318-11, Appendix D" in the Design Criteria frame and accept the default selection of "Headed Anchor Studs"
for the drop-down list below the Design Criteria frame.

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Press [PgDn] to move to the "Stud / Plate Layout" page.

After determining the effective embedment depth from the dimensions of the studs and plate, they decide to use 14 in. for
the effective depth. To match taht value we will need to enter 12.125 in. for the Effective Length of the stud in the box
provided. See the Effective Length discussion in the Calculation Methods for details.

None of the choices in the Stud Type drop-down menu match the requirements for this problem so we must enter
everything manually. Start with "Custom" in the Stud Type drop-down which enables the other Stud Properties. Fill in the
values shown in the screen shot below.

Moving on to the layout, increase No. of Rows and enter the two spacing values; increase the No. of Columns and enter
that spacing value. The example says no edges are near the embed so leave edge distances at the default arbitrary
distance.

With 12 in. (effective length) studs and a 2 in. thick plate the 10hef influence distance (see Shear Failure Option) is 140
inches so we're a little low with that arbitrary value. But we're going to ignore front edge breakout when we get to the
Plate Installation page anyway so don't worry about it here.

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Pressing [PgDn] again to move to the "Plate Installation" page.

Enter the Plate Thickness of 2 inches in the first box and the specified 24 inches for Member Thickness in the next box.

We need two rows in the Number of Rows from Top Included in Tension Group so increase that to two. Accept the
default "Automatic Selection" for the Case Number of Rows Included in Tension Group.

The example uses no Supplementary Reinforcing. Those #6 @ 12" o.c. are "...normal orthogonal reinforcement, which
will not interact with the tension failure surface...". We're ignoring shear breakout so Supplementary Reinforcing for shear
will have no effect.

As discussed above where we entered edge distances, we need to check Disable Front Edge Breakout for this example.
Actually, in this example with the edge distances we've used, front edge breakout doesn't control. But if this plate was
centered in an 8 ft. wide pier, front edge breakout would be the controlling value. If the pier is fully supported by a footing
and is itself supporting the beam 10 ft. above the footing, front edge breakout isn't a possible failure mode.

The example specifies no eccentricity for the tension load.

The φ factors are set for us based on our selections for the other things on this page. We won't change any.

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Pressing [PgDn] now brings us to the "More Installation" page. Here we enter the concrete compressive strength, f'c, to 6
ksi and accept the default weight factor, λ, of 1.0.

This example specifies moderate or high seismic risk so the Seismic Application box is checked. Cracking is expected so
we have selected Cracking at Service Loads.

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We're ready to run the calculations. When we press [F9], or select View → Results from the main menu or click the
button on the menu bar, the Results window is displayed on top of the Edit Input Data window.

Scrolling down to the output for tension in Section A we find the three tension values calculated by STUDS match (with
small roundoff differences) the values from the example. The same is true for the tension value in Section C with the
seismic factor applied (in the next screen shot).

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Scrolling down now to the shear output Section B we find STUDS value for steel strength matches the example. Neither
front edge nor side edge breakout are calculated in the example. The example uses the 4-stud value for Ncbg in its
calculation for pryout instead of calculating the 6-stud value. STUDS calculates and displays the correct 6-stud value for
ANc and uses it to get the correct value for φVcpg which is only about 15% higher than the 4-stud value.

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To get the interaction calculations we need to return to the Edit Input Data window and select the Loads page. Here we
enter the shear load, 60 kip, and the applied moment, 360 k-in. STUDS will automatically set the horizontal load to 20% of
the vertical load as we enter the 60 kip value so be sure to reset the horizontal load to 0.

We also must enter values for the bracket, or in this case the W-section beam, before STUDS will do the calculations. The
example uses 11 in. for the lever arm to calculate moment capacity of the plate (center of tension 4 in above center to
center of compression 7 in. below center). To match that number we'll enter 12 in. for depth of the bracket and manipulate
the bracket width until we get the lever arm to be 11 inches. We find 3.5 in. width works just about perfectly.

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Running the calculations with these numbers we scroll to the bottom of the Results window and find STUDS numbers are a
pretty good match for what the example has. The example recommends using larger studs to increase the capacity of the
plate without giving details of their choices. We think that 2 in thick plate is stiff enough to extend the compression zone
by using deeper and wider bracket dimensions.

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