SINGLE-ANGLE WELDED-BOLTED CONNECTIONS

Full-scale load tests, using combined shear and moment with rotation, of welded-bolted single-angle steel beam connections describe their behavior up to failure for 2-bolts-6-bolts, inclusive. Larger connections, up to 12-bolts in size, have been loaded to the capacity of available equipment but did not fail. In all cases, both the welds and bolts can carry CISC and CSA allowable design loads with factors of safety well in excess of those required by these codes. Curves are fitted to the observed data to predict the moment developed by the bolts for the full range of tested connections, both at maximum rotation and at the design loads. The observed rotation of the end of the connected beam takes place by slip of the beam with respect to the angle, rather than by the deformation of the angle itself.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  345 East 47th Street
  New York, NY  United States  10017-2398
• Authors:
  • Lipson, S L
• Publication Date: 1977-3

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 559-571
• Serial:
  • Journal of the Structural Division
  • Volume: 103
  • Issue Number: ST3
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Beams; Bolted joints; Bolts; Bridges; Deformation; Engineering moments; Failure; Forecasting; Joints; Load tests; Rotation; Shear strength; Welds
• Old TRIS Terms: Moments; Welded steel beams
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00164039
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: ASCE 12813
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 9 1977 12:00AM