Connection Types

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Connection Types
Limcon checks the following connections, producing a report and a detail diagram and optionally, a virtual reality view and a DXF.

Plug-in content Simple (Shear) Connections Plug-in content Plug-in Plug-in content WSP Single Plate /Shear Tab / Fin Plate / Web Side Plate

FEP

Flexible End Plate

ACLT

Angle Cleat

BAS

Bolted Angle Seat

WAS

Welded Angle Seat

BPAD

Bearing Pad

Moment Connections

WBC

Welded Beam-Column Beam on one or both sides of column. With or without stiffeners or column web doubler plate.

BMEP A

Bolted Moment End Plate Beam on one or both sides of column. With or without stiffeners or column web doubler plate.

BMEP B

Bolted Moment End Plate Beam on one or both sides of column. With or without stiffeners or column web doubler plate.

BMEP C

Bolted Moment End Plate Matching mitred end plates or apex connection in rigid frame.

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HBEP

Haunched Beam End Plate Rafter horizontal or inclined. Beam on one or both sides of column. With or without stiffeners or column web doubler plate.

MEPC F

Flush Moment End Plate One or two rows of bolts inside tension flange. Available for restricted range of I sections. May be used as splice.

MEPC E

Extended Moment End Plate One, two, or three rows of bolts inside tension flange stiffeners available with one and three interior rows. May be used as splice. Seismic checking available for 4E and 4ES connections.

WFP

Welded Flange Plate Shear tab welded or bolted. Seismic checking available for fully welded connection.

BFP

Bolted Flange Plate Fully bolted. Seismic checking available.

FPC

Flange Plate Connection to Column Web Flange plates welded to column flanges and web. Backup plate optional. (Available only with maintenance contract.)

Splices

WSPL

Welded Splice Allocation of bending moment between flanges and web determined by analysis method, either elastic, plastic, or simplified.

BSPL

Bolted Splice Allocation of bending moment between flanges and web determined by analysis method, either elastic, plastic, or simplified.

BMEP S

Bolted End Plate Splice

Base Plates

BASE

Base Plate Pinned connection. Member may be rolled or hollow section.

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BASE M

Moment Base Plate Moment connection for I section column.

Bracing Connections

BRAC

Single Brace 20 types of bracing connection. Bracing member may be single or double angle, rod, flattened CHS, hollow section with cleat or tee plate, or rolled section.

KT Gusset Plate KTG

A compound bracing connection with two or three members connected to a gusset plate, which is welded to a beam, column, or truss chord. Each branch connection may be any one of the available single brace connection types. (Available only with maintenance contract.)

Uniform Force Bracing Connection UFBR

A compound bracing connection with one or two bracing members, each of which is connected to a gusset plate welded to a beam and bolted to a column. Each bracing connection may be any one of the available single brace connection types. (Available only with maintenance contract.)

Hollow Structural Section (HSS) Connections

TCAP

Cap Plate Pinned connection. Design for tension.

KNEE

Mitred Knee For RHS or SHS with width of both members the same. With or without stiffening plate.

TYT

Y/T Connection Chord may be RHS, SHS, CHS, or rolled section; brace may be RHS, SHS or CHS.

TX

X Connection Chord may be RHS, SHS, CHS, or rolled section; brace may be RHS, SHS or CHS.

TKNG

K/N Gap Connection Chord may be RHS, SHS, CHS, or rolled section; brace may be RHS, SHS or CHS.

TKNO

K/N Overlap Connection Chord may be RHS, SHS, CHS, or rolled section; brace may be RHS, SHS or CHS.

TMEP 4

Moment End Plate Connections for RHS/SHS For compact RHS or SHS only.

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TMEP 8

Moment End Plate Connections for RHS/SHS For compact RHS or SHS only.

Miscellaneous Connections

SEAT

Stiff Seat End or internal support. With or without seat plate. With or without stiffeners.

BGP

Bolt Group Rectangular array of bolts in gusset of specified grade and thickness. May be analysed by either elastic or instantaneous center method.

WGP

Weld Groups Many different configurations of fillet weld with inplane and out of plane loading. Analysed by elastic method.

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