Design of Unstiffened Extended SinglePlate （非加强的扩展单板的设计）.pdf

Design of Unstiffened Extended Single-Plate Shear Connections LARRY S. MUIR and CHRISTOPHER M. HEWITT xtended single-plate shear connections (Figure 1) offer result in either a moment delivered to the column that the Emany advantages that simplify the construction process. column has not been designed to resist or a sudden rupture of Because the connection to the supported member is moved either the weld or the bolts. Section B3.6a of the AISC Spec- clear of the support, coping of the supported member is not ii cation for Structural Steel Buildings, hereafter referred to required and the only fabrication process required for the as the AISC Specii cation, requires that simple shear connec- supported member is drilling or punching. Also, because tions have sufi cient rotational capacity to accommodate the bolted connections are only used in the connection to the required beam end rotation. This paper will address each of supported member, there is no safety concern over the use these concerns and will present a general design procedure of shared bolts through the web of the support. Additionally, for extended single-plate shear connections. in some instances, extended single-plate connections are the This paper outlines the background and development of only practical solution to a framing problem, such as the the design procedure for extended single-plate shear con- case of a member framing into the weak axis of a column nections presented in the 13th Edition AISC Steel Construc- with continuity plates. tion Manual, hereafter referred to as the AISC Steel Manual. The rigidity of single-plate connections at the suppo