RF-/JOINTS Steel - Pinned | Features
General
- Beam to Column joint category: connection possible on the column flange as well as on the column web
- Beam to Beam joint category: optional arrangement of ribs on the opposite side
- Bolt sizes from M12 to M36 with the strength grades 4.6, 5.6, 8.8, and 10.9
- Arbitrary bolt hole spacing and edge distances
- Notching of the beam is possible
- Connection with pure shear loading, pure normal force load (tension joint), or possible combination of normal and shear forces
- Checking compliance with the requirements for pinned joints
- Check of the minimum and maximum bolt hole spacing and edge distances
Web cleat connections
- One or two vertical and up to 10 horizontal bolt rows possible at each leg
- Wide range of equal and unequal angles
- Possible to modify angle orientation
- Designs:
- Shear, bearing resistance, and tension design of bolts
- Shear, bending, and tension design of angles considering deduction of bolt hole
- Shear and tension design of girder web considering deduction of bolt hole
- Tension transmission into the column with the T-stub model
- Notching at the critical section
Fin plate connection
- One or two vertical and up to 10 horizontal bolt rows are possible
- Flexible size of the fin plate
- Location of the fin plate can be modified
- Designs:
- Shear and bearing resistance design of bolts
- Shear, bending, and tension design of fin plates considering deduction of bolt hole
- Stability analysis of long, slender fin plates
- Shear and tension design of girder web considering deduction of bolt hole
- Weld as fillet weld
- Notching at the critical section
End plate connection
- Two or four vertical and up to 10 horizontal bolt rows
- Flexible size of the end plate
- Location of the fin plate can be modified
- Designs:
- Shear, bearing resistance, and tension design of bolts
- Shear and bending design of end plates considering deduction of bolt hole
- Shear and tension design of girder web
- Tension transmission into the column with the T-stub model
- Weld as fillet weld
- Notching at the critical section
End plate connection with cleat
- Fixation of the beam by end plate with two bolts
- Flexible size of cleat and end plate
- Designs:
- Load introduction into the beam according to EN 1993-1-5, Chapter 6
- Support of the stabilizing moment by the bolts and welds at the end plate
- Cleat
- Cleat welds as fillet welds
- Tension transmission into the column with the T-stub model
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