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MOMENT CONNECTION
EXAMPLE ACCORDING TO EC3 1 8 : 2005

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Column web panel in shear - 6.2.6.1 EC3 1 8 :2005

Shear area of the column (HEA160):

 
 2 
     2  
  3877  2 160 9  6  2 15 9  1321 
Plastic moment of the column:
, 

!"#
$
%&'

().+,)
+.--

 67.40 /0

Plastic moment of the column a flange:

,
, 

5
-.)12 342

%&'

-.)+6-75 ,)
+.--

 0.891 /0

Plastic moment of the column a stiffener (thickness of a stiffener = 15 mm):

5

-.)12 93:2 3;<

$

,83, 

%&'

-.)+6-96+)5,)
+.--

 2.38 /0

Design plastic shear resistance:

= ,>

= ,>

= ,>

, ,+
, ,
,

KLM,NO 




(?"#,42,@A
;

(-.B7++-C
D,7

?"#,42,@A E?"#,;<,@A

 FGH= ,>

P.QRS TUV
XYZP

, ,+ ; = ,>

 KLM,[OO,NO 

 9.40 /0

-.B7++-C E.DB+-C
D,7
, , J

 9.40 /0

P.Q\X]\]^_
X\.PP

 17.26 /0

 Q. `P  \aa. a  Q. `P  \Qa. ] bc

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Column web in transverse compression - 6.2.6.2 EC3 1 8 :2005

Effective width of column web in compression:

d

,,   5 e
   f  2   5 9  15  2 16  152 
Reduction factor for interaction with shear:
g  1 then h  h+
h+ 

k
<
i+E+.Dj l44,2,:2 :2 o
mn2

p+E+.Dqrs5tu
rC5r

 0.786

Slenderness of the web plate:

v   w  2 e
   f  152  2 9  15  104 

yyy
x  0.932 p l44,2,:2
z3 5

:2

:2
$

 0.932 p

+)+-(,)
+----65

 0.707 { 0.72 | }  1

Design resistance of stiffened column web:

~V,LV,NO 

bLV RR,V,LV LV RS
YZP

 KLM,[OO,NO 

P.^a\\_]]^_

\.PP

Q. `P  ]P. _X bc

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Column web in transverse tension - 6.2.6.3 EC3 1 8 :2005

Effective width of column web in compression:

d

,,   5 e
   f  5 9  15  120 
Reduction factor for interaction with shear:
g  1 then h  h+
h+ 

kl44,2,:2 <:2

i+E+.Dj

mn2

p+E+.Dqr5'tu
rC5r

 0.849

Design resistance of stiffened column web:

~,LV,NO 

RR,V,LV LV RS
YZP

 KLM,[OO,NO 

P.a`Q\]P]^_

\.PP

Q. `P  \^^. _P bc

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Column flange in transverse bending - 6.2.6.4 EC3 1 8 :2005

Resistance of the first row (bolt row adjacent to a stiffener):

Effective length:

  42  0.8 15  30 
  62 

 35 
D-

x+  D-ED)  0.46

|  5.60
6
x  D-ED)  0.95

G  FG; 1.25   35 

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Bolt-row considered individually:

,  2   188.50 
d

,    168 

,+  d

,  168  { d

,

For Mode 1:

,  d

,  168 

For Mode 2:

Design resistance of a T - stub flange:

]
`qP.]_RR,\ RV
uRS

~,\,NO 

`ZM,\,NO

,, 

?"#,5,@A E,C,@A

,D,  2

-.7;
k
%&5

YZP

2

~,NO,\  \]`. ^` bc

-.7()+--+.)

`eP.]_\aQ] f]^_
XP\.PP

 352.80 /0

5
q-.)l44,5 342
u
$ E,C,@A

E%&'

 \]`. ^` bc
e-.)+6B75 f,)ED)D).B+-C
D-ED)+.--

 218.76 /0

Resistance of the second row (inner bolt row):

Bolt-row considered individually:

,  2   188.50 

,  4   1.25  163.75 

,+  d

,  163.75  { d

,

For Mode 1:

,  d

,  163.75 

For Mode 2:

Design resistance of a T - stub flange:

]
`qP.]_RR,\ RV
uRS

~,\,NO 

`ZM,\,NO

,, 

?"#,5,@A E,C,@A

,D,  2

-.7;
k
%&5

YZP

2

~,NO,]  \]\. _a bc

-.7()+--+.)

`eP.]_\X.^_Q] f]^_
XP\.PP

 352.80 /0

5
q-.)l44,5 342
u
$ E,C,@A

E%&'

 \]\. _a bc

e-.)+6D.,)75 f,)ED)D).B+-C
D-ED)+.--

 218.03 /0

Resistance of the third row (bolt row adjacent to a stiffener):

Bolt-row considered individually:

,  2   188.50 

,    168 

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