For some backstory - I need to determine required embedment for a bunch of embedded concrete and steel poles subject to lateral load. Ordinarily, I don't have borings for the sites and so I use the presumptive values for lateral bearing pressure given in Table 1806.2 in the FL Building Code (and...
I can't for the life of me figure out how to correctly model and analyze this connection. I have a 4x4x3/8 square HSS tube with an 8x8xx1/2" plate fillet welded to the end.
This plate is then bolted at the corners to the main structure. I've attached a sketch.
Unstiffened, the plate is...
