Thanks HfTX, I understand the situation now. For whatever reason I was only considering the failure of the member and that is what caused the confusion. I suppose I didn't consider a failure of the weld itself because I'm used to analyzing block shear of bolted connections, where the members...
Thanks for the reply Ron...I forgot to include the throat in my above post, but the question should have been "the shear area is the throat times what length?"
Alright, I figured I needed a picture and couldn't figure out how to post one if its possible, so excuse the crudeness of the above...
I have a question regarding block shear in welded connections designed for eccentric loading.
What is the "gross/net shear area" term given in AISC LRFD pg. 16.1-67 (2004 edition)? Is it the longest (largest) length of weld running parallel to loading, or is it the sum of the lengths of the...
