" Brace Connection To Gusset Wide Flange Web Plate " connection design locks

Web plates (shown) or channels (not shown) can be designed per " Brace Connection To Gusset Wide Flange Web Plate " locks for connecting a wide flange vertical brace to a shared gusset attached to a column when ' Standard ' is the " Connection arrangement ." Only the near-side web plates are shown in the illustrations below.

(W vertical braces, standard connection to shared gusset, to a column) (vertical brace " Section size " = wide flange, S shape or welded plate wide flange) (" Input connection type " = ' Vbrc Plate ' or ' User defined ') (" Web orientation " = ' Vertical ') (" Connection arrangement " = ' Standard ') (" Web connection type " = ' Web plates ' or ' Channel ')
" Brace Conn To Gusset Wflg Web Plate " ( NS & FS web plates and web fill plates )	" Brace Conn To Gusset Wflg Web Plate " ( web plate to gusset connection , field bolted)
" Brace Conn To Gusset Wflg Web Plate " ( web plate to brace connection , shop bolted)	The NS & FS web plates shop bolt to the wide-flange vertical brace and field bolt to the gusset plate. Fill plates may be specified. These examples show web plates with flange angles. Be aware that the connection may be designed without flange angles and that a channel web connection may be designed. Related locks : Gusset 2 Point Brace Conn To Gusset Wide Flange Flange Angle Weld Conn2 NS/FS Clip Conn2 (optional for 2-point bracing)

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Connection design locks :

Note: Settings not called out on the drawing are printed in red .

  Brace Connection to Gusset Wide Flange Web Plate
( wide flange vertical brace, standard connection, 2- or 3-point, to a column )

Web plates ( NS and FS ) (or channels )

Length ( plate length ):

Width ( plate width ):

Plate thickness ( not depicted ):

Refx ( plate refx ): .

Refy ( pl rfy ):

Web plate to gusset connection (field bolted)

Bolt diameter ( not depicted ):

Hole type ( not depicted ):

Rows:

Distance to 1st hole along brace ( to 1st hole ):

Hole spacing along brace ( rsp ):

Edge distance along brace ( ed ):

Other edge distance along brace ( oed ):

Columns:

Distance to 1st hole perpendicular to brace ( not depicted ):

Hole spacing perpendicular to brace ( csp ):

Horizontal edge distance ( hed ):

Web plate to brace connection (shop bolted)

Bolt diameter ( not depicted ):

Hole type ( not depicted ):

Rows:

Distance to 1st hole along brace ( to 1st hole ):

Hole spacing along brace ( s ):

Edge distance along brace ( edge dist ):

Other edge distance along brace ( other ):

Columns:

Distance to 1st hole perpendicular to brace ( not depicted ):

Hole spacing perpendicular to brace ( csp ):

Horizontal edge distance ( brc hed ):

Fill plates (on the gusset or brace web, NS and FS)

Location ( not depicted ):

Length ( fln ):

Width ( fill width ):

Plate thickness ( not depicted ):

Refx ( fill refx ):

Refy ( fill rfy ):

Channel web connections (NS and FS):

Section size ( not depicted ):

An example of a channel web connection for a wide-flange vertical brace to beam & column.

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