Book steel connection design 3

[DomDunk]

Hi,

I am looking for a book that is a complete guide for the steel connections design. I want to implement a spreadsheet for each type of connection, and I need a complete text where to find all the verification for each connection. Do you have references of books that can help me in this project?

I'm working with AISC standards.

Thanks,

Daniel

 

[Ingenuity]

A good place to start is AISC Design Examples v15.0 free at: Link

Fully worked connection design examples in PART II.

 

[skeletron]

Yikes! That sounds like a big project to undertake. Good luck. Connection design is, in my opinion, more than just a set of rules and stabdard details. There's always a one-off situation or slightly different conditions that take some judgement. I would start with small blocks of calculations (ie. Whitmore length, tear-out, weld design, plate stability, etc.) and build up your library from there.

 

[DomDunk]

I have the Design Examples 15.1. I don't find the examples in part II. The examples in part I seams very simply...

Thanks Skeletron... I know that it is a very big proyect... but I don't find a programs that do what I want... My purpose is to define library for the most important connections. I want to define standards connections to use without chose the geometry every time... (sorry for my English)

 

[JoshPlumSE]

You're not going to find a single book for it. I'd recommend the following:

1) AISC Steel Construction Manual
2) AISC Seismic Design Manual
3) Various AISC Design guides
4) The AISC design example that Ingenuity posted.
5) Handbook of Steel Connection Design and Details by Tamboli
6) Blodgett's Design of Welded Structures.

 

[DomDunk]

Thanks

 

[skeletron]

Lots of interesting publications by Thornton, Muir, and Dowswell too. And that Blodgett book is A+.

EDIT: Actually the best "book" on connections would be to work for or with a fabricator and learn their preferences. Sometimes what's specified in the design guides ends up being more difficult to construct based on the shop setup. But, I digress back to the original question at hand...

 

[Ron247]

AISC used to have a Steel Construction Volume II that was just Connections. I have a copy of it.

 

[DrZoidberWoop]

I'm a connection design PE at a heavy steel fabricator. The majority of connections in the shop come directly from standards we (or our subcontracted conx designer) have developed over the years. These evolve from combining "best practices" with analytics and shape availability. I recommend you start with simple shear connections because the design envelopes rely on relatively few variables, like 1) beam web thickness, 2) load magnitude, 3) bolt or weld eccentricity limits, and 4) minimum support thicknesses. Connections with variable/complex geometries (skew beams, bracing, etc.) or combined loading (V+A+M) will need to be addressed as they arise. Usually, they are not pervasive on a job and the majority of the connections fall within the bounds of standardization. Creating connection standards is a huge task, but it's certainly a money saver if you need to rapidly assign connections, but you don't want to pay for an iterative design software suite.

As someone stated above, start with the AISC design examples. The AISC design guides are also full of great information.

 

[Agent666]

While not AISC, the SCI in the UK also has a number of useful (and free) resources, take these two as good examples based on Eurocodes:-

P358
P398

The first principles theories should obviously be fairly universal, and they will serve as a good comparison point regarding approaches/equations etc. They have plenty of other useful resources also on their website also.

 

[DomDunk]

Thanks,

I will search all the references.