"SEISMIC END PLATE MOMENT CONNECTION"

Program Description:
This is a spreadsheet program written in MS-Excel for the purpose of analysis of an end plate moment connections with seismic provisions. It is based on AISC "Seismic Provisions for Structural Buildings" and "Prequalified Connections for Special and Intermediate Moment Frames for Seismic Applications" It uses the extended plate configuration which has been extensively tested and found to be suitable for fully constrained(FR ot Type 1) connection with seismic applications. This program concentrates on four primary design parameters for the design of extended end-plate moment connections;

1. The required Connection design Moment 2. Connection Bolt Strength 3. End Plate Stength 4. Column Flange Bending Program Assumptions and Limitations:
1. This program uses the database of member dimensions and section properties from the "AISC Shapes Database". 2. Currently, the program check if stiffeners are required but, it will not do their design. 3. Currently, the program will not design the welds. 4. The design procedure is valid for ASTM A325or ASTM A490 Bolts. 5. All bolts are to be pretension accoding to AISC specifications. 6. All shear is assumed to be resisted by the compression side bolts. 7. Column stiffeners are expensive to fabricate and can interfere with weak axis column framing. Therefore, it is recommended that they be avoided whenever possible. If the need for a stiffener is marginal it is usually more economical to increase the column size rather than install stiffeners. Nomenclature Indicates User Input Required Program Calculated Result Red Text OK Formula Used Conclusion to a design parameter check

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Job Name: Job Number: Input Data: Beam and Column Data: Beam Size = Column Size = Beam Yield Stress, Fyb = Column Yield Stress, Fyc = Connection Loadings: Factored Beam End Moment, M = Factored Beam End Reaction (Shear), R = W27x336 W14x68 50 50

Subject: By: R.Lacayo

Checker:

END PLATE MOMENT CONN. W AISC SEISMIC PROVISIONS

Using Unstiffened End Plate Field Bolted to Column Flange

1440.00 40.00

k-in kips

Connection Data and Parameters:

End Plate Thickness, tp = End Plate Yield Stress, Fyp =

1.2500 50

in. ksi

Nomenclature Trial Diameter of Bolts, db = 1.250

in.

Bolt Gage in Column, g =

5.500

in.

Plastic Section modulus of Beam Plastic Section modulus of Column End Plate Ultimate Stress, Fyp = (h/tw)c=T= ASTM Bolt use 90 Ksi for A325 or 113ksi for A490=

126 447 65 11.39 113

cu.in. cu.in. ksi in.

Member Properties: Beam: d = 30.000 tw = 1.260 bf = 14.600 tf = 2.280 k = 3.0700 Column: d = 14.000 tw = 0.415 bf = 10.000 tf = 0.720 k = 1.3100 k1 = 1.0625

in. in. in. in. in. in. in. in. in. in. in.

ksi

Note: See below for Geometric Assumptions

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Connection Design Moment Mpe= 7623 Mpe=1.5RyFyZx for Fy=36 Mpe=1.1RyFyZx for Fy=50 Location of Plastic Hinge Lp= min of d/2= 15 or 3bflg= Lp= 15

43.8

Moment @ face of Column= Muc=Mpe + VuLp Muc= 8223 k-in OK Geometric Assumptions: Four-Bolt Extended Unstiffened Connection bp= bflg+1= 15.60 in Use bp= 16.00 in Gage(Workable)= 5.5 in Pfi= 2 in Pfo= 2 in de= 1.625 in Fyp= 50.00 ksi Fup= 65.000 ksi Therefore ho= 30.8600 in ho=db-pfo-tf(beam) h1= 24.5800 in h1=db-tf(beam)-pfi-tf/2 Determine Req'd. Bolt Dia. db= 1.06 in

Bolt Size is O.K.

Calculate No Prying Bolt Moment Bolt tensile Strenght = Pt Pt= Ft*Ab= 138.60 kips Mnp= 2Pt(ho+h1)= 15368.14 k-in Mnp= 11526.106 k-in OK, Bolt Moment is higher than Prying Moment Determine Req'd end Plate Thickness tp=(1.11Mnp/p(Fyp)Yp)^1.5 s= 1/2(bpg)^1.5 = 4.69041576 Yp= 319.48 in

Yp=(bp/2)[h1{1/pfi + 1/s} + ho{1/pfo} - 1/2 + 2/g{h1(pfi+s)} Therefore treq'd.= Use tp = 0.89994318

0.9 in. (min.) Plate thickness Selected O.K.

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Calculate the Factored Beam Flange Force Ffu= Muc/(db-tfb) Ffu= 296.65 kips Check of Shear Yielding of Extended Portion of End Plate Rn=0.9(0.6FY)bptp Rn= 540 kips Check Inequality Between Flange Force & Shear Yielding of Plate Ffu/2= 148.32 Flange Force is O.K.

Check Shear Rupture of Extended Portion of End Plate An={bp-2(db+0.125)}tp An= 16.56 sq.in. Rn=0.75(0.6Fuf)An Rn= Flange Force is O.K.

484.45

kips

Column Checks Check of Column Flange for Flexural Yielding s=0.5(bfc*g)^0.5 s = 3.71 in c=pfo+tfp+pfi c= 6.280 in h1= 18.02 ho= 22.54 in in

Unstiffened Column Flange Yiled Line Mechanism Parameter Yc=bfc/2[(h1(1/s)+ho(1/s))]+(2/g)[h1((s+3c/4)+ho(s+c/4)+c^2/2)]+g/2 Yc= 163.03 Required Unstiffened Column Flange Thickness tfc=((1.11Mnp)/(bFycYc))^0.5 tfc= 1.32 in Add Stiffeners to Col.or Increase Col. Size!!! Check of Web Buckling Strength Rn=(24twc)^3*(E*Fyc)^.5/h Rn= 163.21

kips Add Stiffeners to Col.or increase Col. Size!!!

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Check of Web Crippling Strength Rn=(0.8)(twc)^2(1 + 3*(twc/dc)(twc/tfc)^1.5)*((29000)(tfc)(Fyc)/twc))^0.5 Rn= 198.94 kips Add Stiffeners to Col.or increae Col. size!!!

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