Bolts in Bearing and Shear
Bolts in Bearing and Shear
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Engineers, If I have a beam sitting on top of column with four bolts that are in bearing and take shear (no uplift in my case), should I just check bolts capacity in bearing and shear separately based on AISC tables or is there an interaction that I need to worry about? I know I need to consider shear/tension interaction ration if I have tension. but if I only have compression and shear, should I still use the interaction ratio in calculating capacities of bolt assembly?






RE: Bolts in Bearing and Shear
Obviously, I'm making assumptions here about your actual condition. If you post a sketch of what's going on, we can likely supply more meaningful recommendations.
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RE: Bolts in Bearing and Shear
If you've got tension and shear, then you have to apply the interaction.
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