Tension connection
Tension connection
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hi,
My question has two parts:
1- I have abig cantilever 5m slab, so i had to use a diagonal column starting in the bottom of the main column and ending in the middle of the cantiliver, do I have to consider any moment in designing this diagonal member?
2- in case I considered only compression force in this member, I should add horizontal tension member in the slab, can any body give me a detail for the connection between the diagonal column and the tension bars?
My question has two parts:
1- I have abig cantilever 5m slab, so i had to use a diagonal column starting in the bottom of the main column and ending in the middle of the cantiliver, do I have to consider any moment in designing this diagonal member?
2- in case I considered only compression force in this member, I should add horizontal tension member in the slab, can any body give me a detail for the connection between the diagonal column and the tension bars?






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If you decide to use a bearing connection only at the slab, then the column will have to be designed as a sloped cantilever beam and there will be no moments at the slab-column interface.
Is there a reason you are using a concrete member for this strut?
Can you not have an embedded plate on the column and design a steel strut to pick up this load. That way you can have a pure compression member with no moments.
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You don't specifically need any tension member in the slab. It is an interior connection on the slab, so you won't have any crazy edge conditions to worry about in shear.
Draw a sketch. It will become more obvious.
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By embedded, slickdeals means cast in. The normal way of doing this would be to locate cast in plates as he has shown, with headed studs as required to take the shear forces. After the concrete has been cast, and before the shoring is removed from the upper slab, install the strut. The connections could be site welded, bolted, or pinned (the latter two requiring tees rather than just plates).
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