Single Bolt Connection
Single Bolt Connection
(OP)
For a single bolt connection....say a tension/compression connection of plate sandwiched b/t two other plates with only a single bolt(in double shear) going through all three plates connecting them...would this be design as a "pin-connected member" per Section D5.1 pg 16.1-28 in the 2005 code as well as a compression element per J4.4 pg 16.1-113 ?
Shear and block shear of connection elements doesn't seem to fit here.
Connectegr, you out there?
Shear and block shear of connection elements doesn't seem to fit here.
Connectegr, you out there?






RE: Single Bolt Connection
To be conservative, I'd use the applicable checks in this section, as well as the normal bolted connection checks: bolt bearing/tear-out, tension and compression on the connected elements, and so on.
You'll notice that the pin-connected part checks shear rupture on the effective area using the gross shear area, while the bolt bearing/tear-out checks in Chapter J use the more conservative net shear area (gross minus half the bolt diameter). The Chapter J version seems to make more sense to me.