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Structural Steel Connections- Second Edition The Green Book

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The Structural Steel Connections Limit State Design describes the behavior and operation of connections for steel buildings as well as the ideal design. It is based on SABS 0162-1, 1991 edition (SANS 10162-2).

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Weight 500 g
Author

Southern African Institute of Steel Construction

Publisher

Southern African Institute of Steel Construction

ISBN Number

978-0-620-54051-3

Edition

Second

Year

Foreword
1 Introduction and general issues
1.1 Purpose and target audience
1.2 Standard governing the design and production of
connections in South Africa
1.3 Further guidance for successful projects
1.4 Economic connections
1.5 Behaviour of connections
1.6 The Lower Bound Theorem
1.7 Movement joints
1.8 Connections and fire
1.9 Connections not covered
1.10 Issues for further thought
1.11 Materials
1.12 Organisation of the book
1.13 References to clauses
2 Bolts and bolting
2.1 Fasteners
2.2 Specifying bolted connections
2.3 Dimensions in bolted connections
2.4 Installing bolts
2.5 Quality assurance of bolting
3 Design of fasteners in connections
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Bolts in shear
3.3 Bolts in tension
3.4 Combined shear and tension
3.5 Bearing of bolts on plates
3.6 Single lap joint with a single row of bolts
3.7 Friction grip joints
3.8 Eccentric loads on bolt groups
3.9 Pins
3.10 Joints with screws
3.11 Fatigue in bolts
3.12 Examples
3.13 Tables of bolts resistances
4 Welds and welding
4.1 The process
4.2 Welding specifications
4.3 Handling and storage of low hydrogen SMAW electrodes
4.4 Weld positions
4.5 Weld descriptions
4.6 Preparation for groove welds
4.7 Minimum sizes for fillet welds without preheating
4.8 Preheating
4.9 Welding defects
4.10 Lamination and lamellar tearing
4.11 Non-destructive testing
4.12 Visual inspection
4.13 Appropriate non-destructive testing methods
4.14 Qualification of welds and procedures
4.15 Welding symbols
4.16 Specifying welding
4.17 Specifying non-destructive testing (NDT) for welds
4.18 Information to be provided by the contractor
4.19 Making sure the welder can see and reach the weld
5 Design of welds in connections
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Complete and partial joint penetration groove welds
5.3 Fillet welds
5.4 PJPG weld reinforced by a fillet weld
5.5 Resistance of a welded joint subject to a combination of forces
5.6 Eccentric loads on weld group
5.7 Fatigue in welded joints
5.8 Guidance for designers of welded structures
5.9 Examples
5.10 Resistance tables
6 Design of elements in connections
6.1 Scope of chapter
6.2 Failure of a plate in tension
6.3 Tension and shear block failure
6.4 The Whitmore width
6.5 Failure of a member under concentrated lateral force
6.6 Load bearing stiffeners
6.7 Plates in connections
6.8 Plates at pin connections
6.9 Yielding
6.10 Examples
7 Simple beam end connections
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Double angle cleat connection
7.3 Single angel cleat connection
7.4 Flexible end plate connections
7.5 Fin plate connections
7.6 Angle seat connections
7.7 Examples
7.8 Standard connections and resistance tables
8 Rigid beam end connections
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Welded rigid beam end connections
8.3 Connections with bolted end plates
8.4 Haunched end plate connections
8.5 Examples
8.6 Resistance tables
9 Structures with semi-rigid connections
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Scope of this chapter
9.3 Advantages and disadvantages of semi-continuous structures
9.4 Semi-rigid connections
9.5 Analysis and design of beams
9.6 Resistance of a connection
9.7 Resistance of a column
9.8 Examples
10 10.1 Introduction
10.2 Welded splices
10.3 Bolted shear slices in beams
10.4 Bolted moment splices in beams
10.5 Bolted column splices without bending moment
10.6 Bolted coliumn splices with bending moments
10.7 Other splices
10.8 Examples
11 Column bases and anchorage to concrete
11.1 General remarks on column bases
11.2 Cast-in or embedded elements
11.3 Anchoring steelwork to concrete
11.4 Design of pinned (simple) bases
11.5 Design of column bases under combined compression and movement
11.6 Examples
11.7 Resistance tables
12 Connections for lattice structures and bracing
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Typical connections and practical details
12.3 Attachment of members and its effect on their resistance
12.4 Nodes in trusses
12.5 Design of gusseted connections
12.6 Underfloor bracing
12.7 Transfer forces
12.8 Examples
12.9 Resistance tables
References and additional reading
Index

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