" Brace Connection To Gusset Hss Bolted " connection design locks

A welded tee end fitting shop welds to an HSS, pipe or tube vertical brace when ' Bolted ' is selected as the brace's " Pipe/tube end-fitting ." Design of the welded tee and field bolting of the fitting to a gusset plate for a column & base plate (shown) or a column & cap plate (not shown) is done per " Brace Connection To Gusset Hss Bolted " locks. Each welded tee consists of a stem plate and a cap plate .

(HSS vertical brace, field attached to gusset, to a column & base/cap plate)
(vertical brace " Section size " = HSS, pipe or tube)
(" Input connection type " = ' Vbrc plate ' or ' User defined ')
(" Pipe/tube end-fitting " = ' Bolted ' or ' Paddle plate ' or ' Welded ')
" Brace Connection To Gusset Hss Bolted "
(welded tee on an HSS, pipe or tube brace)

" Brace Connection To Gusset Hss Bolted "
(hole pattern for field bolts)

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Connection design locks :

Locks not on the drawing are marked ( not depicted ).

  Brace Connection To Gusset Hss Bolted
( HSS, bolted to gusset, to col & base/cap plate )

Stem plate

Thickness ( stem thickness ):

Width ( stem width ):

Length ( stem length ):

The " Minus dimension " under the setbacks leaf on the Vertical Brace Review window is the refx distance that is shown in the example.

Refy ( not depicted ):

Stem plate to cap plate connection (shop welded)

Weld ( stem weld ):

Stem 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 ( s ):

Edge distance along brace ( edge dist ):

Other edge distance along brace ( other ed ):

Columns:

Distance to 1st hole perpendicular to brace ( P ):

Hole spacing perpendicular to brace ( csp ):

Horizontal edge distance ( hed ):

Cap plate

Thickness ( cap thickness ):

Width ( cap width ):

Length ( cap length ):

Refy ( not depicted ):

Refz ( not depicted ):

Weld ( cap weld ):

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