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1.) LAYOUT
10" 3/16"
HSS8X8X1/4
3/16"
9"
3 3/16" 8"
Typ
3/16" 8"
5"
2
8.0
HSS8X8X1/2
1'-2 1/2"
3/16" 4"
10 7/8" Typ
3/16" 4"
4.
5" PL 0.375 - A36
1 HSS8X4X1/8
Member 1:
Axial Load, Ta = 10.0 kips (Tension)
Axial Load, Ca = 10.0 kips (Compression)
Member 2:
Axial Load, Ta = 10.0 kips (Tension)
Axial Load, Ca = 10.0 kips (Compression)
Shear Load, Va = 10.0 kips
Member 1:
Size: HSS8X4X1/8 ASTM A500 Gr. B
Fy = 46 ksi
Fu = 58 ksi
B = 4.00 in
HT = 8.00 in
A = 2.70 in
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Design Calculation for Bracing Connection - Joint SWF-SF10
t = 0.116 in
Member 2:
Size: HSS8X8X1/2 ASTM A500 Gr. B
Fy = 46 ksi
Fu = 58 ksi
B = 8.00 in
HT = 8.00 in
A = 13.50 in
t = 0.465 in
Member 3:
Size: HSS8X8X1/4 ASTM A500 Gr. B
Fy = 46 ksi
Fu = 58 ksi
B = 8.00 in
HT = 8.00 in
A = 7.10 in
t = 0.233 in
MEMBER 1:
w = Size of Weld
= 0.1875 in. (Use 0.1250 in. for calculation)
L1 = Length of Weld
= 4.00 in.
Vw = Weld Shear Capacity
= Pw * 4 L2
Vw = 29.694 Kips > 10.00 Kips (OK)
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Design Calculation for Bracing Connection - Joint SWF-SF10
Tension Yielding of the Brace:
x = (B2 + 2 * B * H) / (4 * (B + H))
= 2.667 in
U = 1 - (x / L)
= 0.333
Ae = U * An
= 0.866 in²
Whtimore Section
L= 2 lw tan 30 + B B= 4.00 in
L= 8.619 in
Rn = Fy Aw
Rn = 36 x [ ( 8.619 - 0 - 0 ) x 0.375 ]
Rn = 116.35 kips
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Design Calculation for Bracing Connection - Joint SWF-SF10
r = Radius of Gyration
= t / 3.464
= 0.108 in.
From Specification E3
Fe = (π²)*E/(KL/r)²
= 127.16 ksi > 0.44*Fy = 15.84 ksi
Fcr = [0.658^(Fy/Fe)]*Fy
31.98 ksi
MEMBER 2:
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Design Calculation for Bracing Connection - Joint SWF-SF10
10.00
Ө = tan-1( )
10.00
= 0.7854 rad
= 45 deg
w = Size of Weld
= 0.1875 in. (Use 0.1250 in. for calculation)
P = √ ( 10² + 10² )
= 14.1421 kips
L = Length of Weld
= 8.00 in.
x = (B2 + 2 * B * H) / (4 * (B + H))
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Design Calculation for Bracing Connection - Joint SWF-SF10
= 3.000 in
U = 1 - (x / L)
= 0.625
Ae = U * An
= 8.183 in²
Whtimore Section
L= 2 lw tan 30 + B B= 8.00 in
L= 17.238 in
Rn = Fy Aw
Rn = 169.26 kips
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Design Calculation for Bracing Connection - Joint SWF-SF10
r = Radius of Gyration
= t / 3.464
= 0.108 in.
V2
V2
L2 T2 T2
e1
C1V
C1H
L1
C1
10 (1)
C1H =
√ [ (1.37) ² + (1) ² ]
= 5.9 kips
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Design Calculation for Bracing Connection - Joint SWF-SF10
5 (1.37)
C1V =
√ [ (1.37) ² + (1) ² ]
= 8.1 kips
T2 = 10.0 kips
V2 = 10.0 kips
e1 = 5.26 in
L1 = 14.5 in
L2 = 4.5 in
L = L1 + L2
L = 19.0 in
ft = P/L + 3M/L²
fv = V/L
P = T2 - C1V
= 1.9 kips
M = C1V x e1
= 42.5 kip-in
then,
ft = 0.454 kip/in
and,
fv = 0.837 kip/in
f = √ [ (0.454) ² + (0.837) ² ]
= 0.952 kip/in
0.837
θ = tan ( 0.454 )
= 61.4987 deg
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Design Calculation for Bracing Connection - Joint SWF-SF10
= 1.073 rad
w = Size of Weld
= 0.1875 in. (Use 0.1250 in. for calculation)
ft 0.45
fa = = (Ω = 1.67)
tgusset 0.375
fv 0.84
fv = = (Ω = 1.5)
tgusset 0.38
Ft = ft x L = 8.63 kips
where:
Fy = 46
t = 0.465
tp = 3/8
B = 8.00
N = 19.0
Qf = 1
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AISC 13th Edition Manual Table 8-5
Coefficients C for Eccentrically Loaded Weld Groups
Input:
kl = 8 in
e x =al
l = 8 in
e x = al = 5.000 in P
θ = 45 degrees θ
weld size, w = 1/8 in
kl
Fexx = 70 ksi
C1 = 1.00
P = l
7.07 kips
Specs = ASD
where:
P = required force, P u or P a , kips
D = number of sixteenths-of-an-inch in the fillet weld size
l = characteristic length of weld group, in.
a = e x /l
ex = horizontal component of eccentricity of P with
respect to centroid of weld group, in.
C = weld group coefficient
C1 = electrode strength coefficient (1.0 for E70XX electrodes)
Results:
C = 3.16
C C1 D l
Rn/Ω = (1/Ω) = (Ω = 2.00)
Setting Rn/Ω = P,
D min = ΩP / C C1 l l min = ΩP / C C1 D
Conclusion:
Since Dmin = 0.56 < 2 (1/16's) and l min = 2.24 < 8 in.,
Weld is adequate!
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