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CONNECTION: MC.End.PL.Test - Bolted Moment End Plate End plate: 145x20x450 Gr.300W Flange weld: 6 FW/490 - Web weld: 6 FW/490 Bolts: 8 x 3/4" A325PT/N in 2 cols. at 80 gauge

6 89 80 80 89 6 Gr.350W W250X33 C1 Stiffeners: Top: 68x10x239.8 Gr.300W - Weld=6 FW/490 Side=full End=full Web doubler one side: 222x6x227 Gr.300W CJPGW all around Btm.: 68x10x239.8 Gr.300W - Weld=6 FW/490 Side=full End=full
LIMCON V3.60.110827 {2037411} Connection: MC.End.PL.Test Type: Bolted Moment End Plate A - End plate square to beam Country: Canada Units: SI metric Design code: CSA-S16 Beam 1: Mark=B1 Section=W250X33 Grade=350W Angle= 0.00 d = 258 mm Root rad. = 13 mm Fyf = 350 MPa b = 146 mm Area = 4170 Fyw = 350 MPa tf = 9 mm Sx = 379000 Fu = 450 MPa tw = 6 mm Zx = 424000 Aw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1574 mm2 Fy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 MPa h/w . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.31 kv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 Fs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 MPa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.90 .Section moment strength . . . . 133.6 kN.m .Section shear strength . . . . . 327.2 kN .Section tension strength . . . . 1313.6 kN .Section compression strength . . 1313.6 kN Column: Mark=C1 Section=W250X33 Grade=350W d = 258 mm Root rad. = 13 mm Fyf = b = 146 mm Area = 4170 Fyw = tf = 9 mm Sx = 379000 Fu = tw = 6 mm Zx = 424000 Aw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1574 mm2 Fy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 MPa Limcon V3.60.110827 {2037411} 350 MPa 350 MPa 450 MPa

40 40 Gr.350W W250X33 B1

6 Plates: 17.7 kg Bolts: 3.3 kg Welds: 0.7 kg

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S16-13.5a S16-13.4.1.1a1 Note 4

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h/w . . . . . . . . . . . . kv . . . . . . . . . . . . Fs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Section moment strength . . .Section shear strength . . . .Section compression strength

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39.31 0.00 231 0.90 133.6 327.2 1313.6

MPa kN.m kN kN S16-13.5a S16-13.4.1.1a1 Note 4

End plate: 450x145x20 Gr./Fy/Fu=300W/300/450MPa Beam to end plate angle . . . . . 90.00 End plate welds: 6 FW/490MPa flanges. 6 FW/490MPa web. Bolts: 4 x 3/4" A325PT/N top flange, 80 gauge. 4 x 3/4" A325PT/N btm. flange, 80 gauge. Stiffeners: Gr./Fy/Fu=300W/300/450MPa Welds fu=490MPa 2/68 x10 top, 6 FW full length and across ends. 2/68 x10 btm., 6 FW full length and across ends. Web doubler plates: 227x222x6 Gr./Fy/Fu=300W/300/450MPa No. web doubler plates . . . . . Weld CJPGW/490MPa all around. BILL OF MATERIALS Plates: 1 no. - 450x145x20 Grade=300W . . 4 no. - 240x68x10 Grade=300W . . 1 no. - 227x222x6 Grade=300W . . Total mass of plates . . . . . . Bolts: 8 no. - 3/4" A325PT/N x 70 long . Welds: 3590 mm - FW 6 fu=490MPa . . . . 454 mm - CJPGW 6x6x85% fu=490MPa 444 mm - CJPGW 6x6x100% fu=490MPa Total mass of welds . . . . . . . Aw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . h/w . . . . . . . . . . . . . . kv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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10.2 5.1 2.4 17.7

kg kg kg kg

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1574 350 39.31 0.00 231 0.90 . . . . mm2 MPa MPa

3.3 kg 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.7 kg kg kg kg

MINIMUM ACTION CHECK (Minima are based on section capacity, not member capacity.) Specified minimum design actions: Bending 30% of Ms ( 133.6) = 40.1 kN.m Shear 0% of Vs ( 327.2) = 0.0 kN 40.0 kN Tension 0% of Ns ( 1313.6) = 0.0 kN Compression 0% of Nc ( 1313.6) = 0.0 kN NOTE: Input design actions are not automatically increased if they are less than the specified minimum actions. Minimum actions may be set in any load case. This check warns if any design action is less than the specified minimum for all load cases. INPUT DESIGN ACTIONS Beam 1: Moment, Mu . Shear, Vu . Axial, Pu . Column: Shear, Vuc . Compression, . . . . . . . . Puc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 175.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 kN.m kN kN kN kN

SECTION ANALYSIS RESULT Simplified analysis: Beam 1... Puft = Limcon V3.60.110827 {2037411}

401.8t

Pufc =

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Puwt = Muw = Vuw = Elastic analysis: Beam 1... Puft Puwt Muw Vuw Puft Puwt Muw Vuw = = = = = = = =

0.0 0.00 175.0 344.2t 0.0 14.3 175.0 329.7t 0.0 17.9 175.0

Puwc =

0.0

Pufc = Puwc =

344.2c 0.0

Plastic analysis: Beam 1...

Pufc = Puwc =

329.7c 0.0

NOTE: Simplified analysis results used. BOLT ARRANGEMENT 4-Bolt Extended End Plate - Unstiffened d10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 mm d11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 mm Connection checked for tension at top flange. Using AISC/ASI model... Ref. 18: Steel Design Guide 16 (SDG16) Flush and Extended Multiple Row Moment End Plate Connections T.M. Murray & W.L. Shoemaker - AISC - 2002 Ref. 19: Steel Design Guide 4 (SDG4) Extended End Plate Moment Connections - Seismic and Wind Applications T.M. Murray & E.A. Sumner - AISC - 2004 Ref. 43: Design Guide 12 - Bolted End Plate to Column Moment Connections (DG12) T.J. Hogan & N. van der Kreek - ASI - 2009 GEOMETRY CHECKS... CHECK 1 - Detailing Requirements: Bolt UTS . . . . . . . . . . . . End plate width, bi . . . . . . .

827 800 145 159 145 197 145 171 NOTE: Clearances should be checked in virtual reality view. Strength ratio Required strength Design strength

Yes No Yes Yes

DESIGN CAPACITY CHECKS... Reference

Section Bending/Axial: Flange: Ag . . . . . . . . . . . . . An . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fy . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fu . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flange tension yield strength . Flange tension rupture strength Flange compression strength . .

. 1329 . 1329 . 350 . 450 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

mm2 mm2 MPa MPa . 418.5 . 457.4 . 418.5

Puft Puft Pufc

= = =

329.7 329.7 329.7

1.27 1.39 1.27

Pass Pass Pass

Manual p.53

CHECK 2 - Flange Welds: Flange width . . . . . . . . . . 146 mm Total fillet weld length . . . . 286 mm For 6 FW/490MPa both sides... Weld leg . . . . . . . . . . . 6 mm Weld metal Fu . . . . . . . . . 490 MPa Weld metal strength . . . . . . 0.933 kN/mm Base metal Fu . . . . . . . . . 450 MPa Base metal shear rupture . . . 1.212 kN/mm NOTE: Using 50% directional strength increase. Effective weld strength . . . 1.400 kN/mm Fillet weld strength . . . . . . 1.400 kN/mm Flange fillet weld tension strength . . . . 400.2 Flange fillet weld compression strength . . 400.2 CHECK 3 - Web Welds: Limcon V3.60.110827 {2037411}

SDG4 p.38

S16-13.13.2.2 S16-13.13.2.2 S16-13.13.2.2 Puft Pufc = = 401.8 401.8 1.00 1.00 FAIL FAIL

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Web shear force . . . . . . . . . 175.0 kN Web axial force . . . . . . . . . 0.0 kN Web bending moment . . . . . . . 0.00 kN.m Length of web weld . . . . . . . 240 mm Weld leg . . . . . . . . . . . 6 mm Weld metal Fu . . . . . . . . . 490 MPa Weld metal strength . . . . . . 0.933 kN/mm Base metal Fu . . . . . . . . . 450 MPa Base metal shear rupture . . . 1.212 kN/mm Effective weld strength . . . 0.933 kN/mm NOTE: This check uses method from AISC SDG 16 (Ref. 18). Length for shear resistance . . . 120 mm For 6 FW/490MPa both sides... Web fillet weld shear strength (2 sides) . 223.8 Vu End plate design moment, Mueq . . 100.0 kN.m Section moment strength . . . . . 133.6 kN.m Beam moment utilization ratio . . 75% t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 mm Fy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 MPa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.90 Beam web axial strength . . . . . 1.921 kN/mm Web weld design force . . . . . 1.439 kN/mm Weld leg . . . . . . . . . . . 6 mm Weld metal Fu . . . . . . . . . 490 MPa Weld metal strength . . . . . . 0.933 kN/mm Base metal Fu . . . . . . . . . 450 MPa Base metal shear rupture . . . 1.212 kN/mm NOTE: Using 50% directional strength increase. Effective weld strength . . . 1.400 kN/mm Fillet weld strength . . . . . . 1.400 kN/mm Web fillet weld axial strength (2 sides) . 2.800 puw CHECK 4 - Bolts at Tension Flange: Single bolt tension strength . . No. bolts effective at flange . . Sum of bolt lever arms . . . . . End plate design moment, Mueq . . Tension bolt moment strength, Mnp 141.1 4 498 100.0 . . . kN mm kN.m . 140.5 kN kN . 316.0 MPa MPa kN . 1645.9 kN.m mm . 175.1 kN.m kN.m mm . 175.1 . 140.5 Vb

S16-13.13.2.2 S16-13.13.2.2

175.0

1.28

Pass

S16-13.13.2.2 S16-13.13.2.2 S16-13.13.2.2 = 1.439 1.95 Pass S16-13.12.1.3

Mueq

100.0

1.40

Pass

CHECK 5 - Bolts in Shear: Total shear resisted by bolts . . 175.0 Single bolt shear strength . . . 79.0 No. bolts effective in shear . . 4 Bolt shear strength, Rn . . . . . . . . Fy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 Fu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.80 Single bolt bearing strength . 411.5 End plate bolt bearing strength, Rn . . CHECK 6 - End Plate in Bending: End plate design moment, Mueq . . 100.0 Yield line parameter, Yp . . . . 1622 End plate yield strength, Mpl . . . . . Bolt moment strength, Mbt . . . 140.5 No prying strength, Mmin . . . 155.9 End plate no prying thickness . 19 Is plate strong enough for no prying? . . Bolt prying may not occur. Bolt rupture strength (no prying) . . . . CHECK 7 Horiz. Horiz. Horiz.

S16-13.12.1.2c = 175.0 1.81 Pass SDG4 (3.17)

Vb

175.0

9.41

Pass

S16-13.12.1.2a SDG4 (3.18)

Mueq

100.0

1.75

Pass SDG4 (3.10)

155.9 Mueq = 100.0 1.40

Yes Pass

- End Plate in Shear: shear . . . . . . . . . . 200.9 kN shear yield strength, Rn . . . . . shear rupture strength, Rn . . . .

469.8 504.1

Vuh Vuh

= =

200.9 200.9

2.34 2.51

Pass Pass

SDG4 (3.12) SDG4 (3.13)

CHECK 8 - End Plate Stiffener: No stiffener. CHECK 9 - End Plate Stiffener Welds: No stiffener.

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COLUMN-SIDE CHECKS... Ref. 19: Steel Design Guide 4 (SDG4) Extended End Plate Moment Connections - Seismic and Wind Applications T.M. Murray & E.A. Sumner - AISC - 2004 CHECK 10/16 - Unstiffened Column Flange Bending at Beam Tension Flange: NOTE: This capacity is required for checking stiffeners. Using method from AISC SDG 4 (Ref.19)... bfc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 mm tfb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 mm ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 mm pfo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 mm g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 mm s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 mm End plate design moment, Mueq . . 100.0 kN.m Yield line parameter, Yc . . . . 1989 mm Col. flange no prying thickness . 16 mm Column flange strength . . . . . 51.9 kN.m Equivalent flange force, Rn . . 208.4 kN End plate design moment, Mueq . . 100.0 kN.m No prying strength, Mmin . . . . 155.9 kN.m Unstiffened col. flange strength, Mcf . . 51.9 Mueq = 100.0 CHECK 11 - Unstiffened Column Web Yielding at Beam Tension Flange: NOTE: This capacity is required for checking stiffeners. N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 mm tw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 mm Fy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 MPa Ct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00 Unstiffened col. web yield strength, Rn . 413.5 Puft = 401.8 Tension flange stiffeners may not be required. CHECK 12 - Unstiffened Column Web Yielding at Beam Compression Flange: NOTE: This capacity is required for checking stiffeners. N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 mm tw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 mm Fy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 MPa Ct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00 Unstiffened col. web yield strength, Rn . 413.5 Pufc = 401.8 Compression flange stiffeners may not be required. CHECK 13 - Unstiffened Column Web Crippling at Beam Compression Flange: NOTE: This check not required with compression flange stiffeners. N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 mm tw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 mm tf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 mm Fy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 MPa Ct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.75 Column web crippling strength, Rn . . . . 317.1 Pufc = 401.8 CHECK 14 - Unstiffened Column Web Buckling at Beam Compression Flange: NOTE: This check not required with compression flange stiffeners. N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 mm tw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 mm Fy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 MPa Ct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.90 Column web buckling strength, Rn . . . . . 191.9 Pufc = 401.8 CHECK 15/21 - Unstiffened Column Web Panel in Shear: Web doubler thickness . . . . . . 6 Total web doubler thickness . . . 6 mm Column nominal axial capacity, Py 1844.3 kN Ratio Pu/Py . . . . . . . . . . . 0.05 tw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 mm Awc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1574 mm2 Fyc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 MPa twd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 mm Awd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1283 mm2 Limcon V3.60.110827 {2037411} 6

SDG4 (3.20) SDG4 (3.22) 0.52 Fail Informative

1.03

Pass

Informative

1.03

Pass

Informative

0.79

Fail

Informative

0.48

Fail No

Informative <--! Note 4

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Fyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 MPa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.90 Column web panel shear . . . . . 401.8 kN Column web panel shear strength, Rv . . . 505.3

Vup

401.8

1.26

Pass Yes Yes Yes

SDG13 2.2-1

CHECK 22 - Transverse Stiffeners at Beam Tension Flange: Stiffener width . . . . . . . . . 68 70 68 70 Stiffener effective width . . . . 53 mm Stiffener thickness . . . . . . . 10.0 4.6 Column flange strength, Rft . . 208.4 kN Column web yield strength, Rwt . 413.5 kN Unstiffened column strength . . 208.4 kN Flange tension . . . . . . . . . 401.8 kN Stiffener design tension, N*ts 193.4 kN Stiffener section yield... Total stiffener area . . . . . 1060 mm2 Stiffener yield stress . . . . 300 MPa Stiffener yield strength, Rfts . . . . . 286.2 Puts = End welds... Total end weld length . . . . . 212 mm Weld leg . . . . . . . . . . . 6 mm Weld metal Fu . . . . . . . . . 490 MPa Weld metal strength . . . . . . 0.933 kN/mm Base metal Fu . . . . . . . . . 450 MPa Base metal shear rupture . . . 1.212 kN/mm Effective weld strength . . . 0.933 kN/mm Stiffener end weld strength, Rtw . . . . 197.8 Puts = Side welds... Total side weld length . . . . . 839 mm Weld leg . . . . . . . . . . . 6 mm Weld metal Fu . . . . . . . . . 490 MPa Weld metal strength . . . . . . 0.933 kN/mm Base metal Fu . . . . . . . . . 450 MPa Base metal shear rupture . . . 1.212 kN/mm Effective weld strength . . . 0.933 kN/mm Stiffener side weld strength, Rftw . . . 783.2 Puts =

193.4

1.48

Pass

S16-13.13.2.2 S16-13.13.2.2 193.4 1.02 Pass

S16-13.13.2.2 S16-13.13.2.2 193.4 4.05 Pass

CHECK 22A - Stiffened Column Flange Bending at Beam Tension Flange: Using method from AISC SDG 4 (Ref.19)... bfc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 mm tfb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 mm ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 mm pfo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 mm g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 mm s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 mm Yield line parameter, Ycs . . . . 2752 mm Col. flange no prying thickness . 13 mm Column flange strength . . . . . 71.8 kN.m End plate design moment, Mueq . . 100.0 kN.m Stiffened col. flange strength, Mcts . . . 71.8 Mueq = 100.0 Doubler plates may be required. No prying strength, Mmin . . . . 155.9 kN.m Is col. flange strong enough for no prying? 71.8 155.9 Bolt prying does occur. Single bolt tension strength . . 141.1 kN Specified minimum tension . . . . 124.6 kN Bolt UTS . . . . . . . . . . . 827 MPa Pt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176.3 kN Bolt max. prying force, Qmax,i . 44.5 kN Bolt max. prying force, Qmax,o . 44.5 kN Mq1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.0 kN Mq2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.7 kN Mq3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.6 kN Mq4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.3 kN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.80 Bolt rupture strength (prying) . . . . . . 105.0 Mueq = 100.0 Prying factor . . . . . . . . . . 0.46 Bolt efficiency . . . . . . . . . 75% CHECK 23 - Transverse Stiffeners at Beam Compression Flange: Stiffener width . . . . . . . . . 68 70 Limcon V3.60.110827 {2037411}

SDG4 (3.20) 0.72 FAIL No S16-13.12.1.3

SDG16 p.31 SDG16 p.31

1.05

Pass Informative Informative Yes

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68 Stiffener thickness . . . . . . . 10.0 Stiffener side weld . . . . . . . 210 Column web yield strength . . . . 413.5 kN Column web crippling strength . . 317.1 kN Column web buckling strength . . 191.9 kN Unstiffened column strength . . 191.9 kN Flange compression . . . . . . . 401.8 kN Stiffener design compression . 209.9 kN Stiffener section yield... Total stiffener area . . . . . 1060 mm2 Stiffener yield stress . . . . 300 MPa Stiffener yield strength, Rfcs . . . . . 286.2 Stiffener effective width . . . . 53 mm Stiffener section strong axis buckling... Effective length . . . . . . . 168 mm Effective depth . . . . . . . . 112 mm Ag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1121 mm2 I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1739E+06 mm4 i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 mm Effective length . . . . . . . 168 mm KL/r . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2 lambda . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.064 n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.34 Stiffener buckling strength, Rfcb . . . . 302.5 Side welds... Total side weld length . . . . . 839 mm Weld leg . . . . . . . . . . . 6 mm Weld metal Fu . . . . . . . . . 490 MPa Weld metal strength . . . . . . 0.933 kN/mm Base metal Fu . . . . . . . . . 450 MPa Base metal shear rupture . . . 1.212 kN/mm Effective weld strength . . . 0.933 kN/mm Stiffener side weld strength, Rftw . . . 783.2 CHECK 24 - Diagonal Shear Stiffeners: No diagonal shear stiffeners.

70 4.6 190

Yes Yes Yes

Pucs

209.9

1.36

Pass

Pucs

209.9

1.44

Pass

S16-13.13.2.2 S16-13.13.2.2 Pucs = 209.9 3.73 Pass

WARNING: This connection does not satisfy all requirements of the model. Even if stated capacity is adequate the design may not be valid. NOTES: 4. Compression yield capacity of section ignoring slenderness. CRITICAL LIMIT STATE . . . UTILIZATION RATIO . . . . STRENGTH RATIO . . . . . . Stiffened col. flange strength, Mcts 139% 0.718 FAIL ****

Limcon V3.60.110827 {2037411}

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