Steel Buildings in Europe

Title 3.4 Worked Example – Fin Plate 3 of 13 5 – 40 3.1. Recommended details Fin plate thickness: t p = 10mm  0,5 d Height of fin plate: h p = 360 mm > 0,6 h b Unless noted otherwise, all references are to EN 1993-1-8 3.2. Checks for vertical shear 3.2.1. Bolt group resistance 3.2.1.1. Shear resistance of bolts e e 1 1 1 1 50 50 2 e = 40 = 40 60 V Ed p p 2 ( n = 280 - 1) Basic requirement: V Ed ≤ V Rd V Rd = 2 b 2 b v,Rd b ) ) ( (1 n n n F     Ref (3) F v,Rd = M2 v ub   f A Table 3.4 For M20 8.8 bolts, F v,Rd = 3 10 1,25 245 0.6 800     = 94 kN For a double vertical line of bolts (i.e. n 2 = 2 and n 1 = 5), α = I zp 2 2 I =   2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 6 1 2 n p n n p   =   2 2 2 5 5 1 70 6 60 1 2 5   = 107000 mm 2 α = 107000 2 80 60   = 0,022 And β =   1 2 1 1  n I zp =   5 1 107000 2 80 70    = 0,105 Thus V Rd = 2 2 (1 0, 022 10) ( 0,105 10) 10 94      = 584 kN