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Shear key

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hafshar

Civil/Environmental
Feb 25, 2003
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Has anyone designed a steel shear key inside pedestal. when you have a large shear, say around 260 kips, using a regular W section as shear key, Is it only web that should be counted for shear capacity or flange can take some of the load too.
 
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Generally the flanges are ignored for calculating shear capacity.
 
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