Design of Column top plate
Design of Column top plate
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Hello!
I am looking for design of steel W column cap plate?
How to size the thickness of plate? any help greatly appreciated!!
I am looking for design of steel W column cap plate?
How to size the thickness of plate? any help greatly appreciated!!






RE: Design of Column top plate
I would be interested to hear others' opinions as a yield line analysis does require a good bit of deflection and at that point the beam flanges may be helping or redistributing the load closer to the supports instead of uniformly over the plate.
RE: Design of Column top plate
RE: Design of Column top plate
RE: Design of Column top plate
RE: Design of Column top plate
That's only true if the beam web lines up with the column web, right?
If the beam web is orthoganol to the column web and the flanges of the beam are above the outstanding flanges of the column, I don't think you could do that (at least not without checking the flanges for bending).
RE: Design of Column top plate
RE: Design of Column top plate
What Willis is talking about is great for the bearing look, but you still have to make sure the load can get there. If the beam is coming in perpendicular to the column web and doesn't run over top of the column then you have little bearing area. Addditionally, the load is going through the beam in bending and shear, getting into the cap plate from a line load over the beam web (or a uniform load over the area of intersection between the beam flange and cap plate), then into the column through bending and shear in the cap plate.
RE: Design of Column top plate
RE: Design of Column top plate
RE: Design of Column top plate
RE: Design of Column top plate
RE: Design of Column top plate