Seated Connection Design
Seated Connection Design
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I am designing a seated connection plate to support a contunuous beam that will experience a large bending moments over the width of the support. Does anyone have any examples of the required checks for this type of support or provide any advice?
Cheers,
999
Cheers,
999






RE: Seated Connection Design
RE: Seated Connection Design
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An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field
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rowing>> Did you just have a thread, on Pat's Pub, vaporized by the powers-that-be, about a week ago? You wondered (as I recall) if anyone had any ideas for improving the functioning and improving the interaction btwn. participants on any given thread. Since you and I don't manage or have any control over this forum, I assumed you were not talking about this forum, but I thought you had started a thread that could have benefitted all, and I was sorry to see it disappear so quickly.
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Yes I did have a thread, and yes it was vaporized, however the ideas with-in were received by the powers. They seemed to take them on board.
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field
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RE: Seated Connection Design
Why are you trying to transfer the moment into the column? Can't the moments on each side of the column be balanced?
DaveAtkins
RE: Seated Connection Design
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To transfer moment into the column you need to engage the flanges of the channel. A seated connection detailed the way you have it will not transfer moment into to the column.
When I first started out, I detailed seated connections because I felt it was a more positive bearing-type connections. For your design, I would detail 4-bolts thru the web of the channel fixing to the flange of the column and would not try transfer moment from the channel to the column.