novembertango88
Civil/Environmental
Hi,
Can anyone offer a reason why you can use the ultimate strength of steel (fu,p) when checking the net section of an end plate for shear?
Rather than the tensile strength of steel (fy,p) for the gross section...
The extract attached is from SCI Simple Joints to Eurocode 3.
Thanks, Steve
Can anyone offer a reason why you can use the ultimate strength of steel (fu,p) when checking the net section of an end plate for shear?
Rather than the tensile strength of steel (fy,p) for the gross section...
The extract attached is from SCI Simple Joints to Eurocode 3.
Thanks, Steve