" Paddle Plate for HSS Beam " connection design locks

A paddle plate that shop welds to a supported HSS/TS beam is designed per " Paddle Plate for HSS Beam " locks when " Use paddle platet " is checked ( ) in the " Connection specifications " for a clip angle or shear connection. Clip angles can weld or bolt to the supporting member and bolt to the paddle plate. A shear plate can shop weld to the supporting member and field bolt to the paddle plate.

VIDEO " Use paddle plate " is applied to an HSS/TS beam whose " Input connection type " is ' Shear '. Both the checked off ( ) and checked on ( ) results are shown. Note that increasing the " Weld length " also increases the notch length.

(HSS/TS beam, paddle plate shear or clip angle connection, to a column)
(beam " Section size " = HSS/TS)
(" Input connection type " = ' Shear ' or ' Clip angle ' or ' Auto standard ' or ' User defined ')
(" Use paddle plate " for clip angle)
(" Use paddle plate " for shear plate)

" Paddle Plate for HSS Beam "

The top and bottom of the HSS/TS beam is notched for inserting the paddle plate. " Weld length " sets the length of the notch.

Related locks :

Shear Tab (plate), NS/FS Clip

Connection Guide: click here .

User Defined Connections: Settings that are locked ( ) in a user defined connection file will automatically be locked on a member edit window for which that file is the " Input connection type ." You can, if you so choose, manually lock additional settings on the member edit window, and your changes will be retained, through multiple processes, so long as you do not change to a different connection then switch back to the original user defined connection.

Beam Edit: To change a setting, first set it to locked ( ). Related settings that are unlocked ( ) may be updated, and the " Left/Right end limit state " calculations will be updated. Settings that are locked ( ) will not be changed by connection design , even if doing so might prevent a connection failure.

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Connection design locks :

Locks not dimensioned or called out on the drawing are marked ( not depicted ).

  Paddle Plate for HSS Beam

Length: The distance between the top and the bottom edges of the paddle plate. See the example .

Width: The distance between the vertical edges of the paddle plate. See the example . If " Weld length " is unlocked ( ), changing the " Length " also changes the " Weld length ."

Plate thickness ( thick ): The " Material thickness " of the paddle plate. See the example .

Weld size ( weld ): The weld size for shop welding the paddle plate to supported beam. That is, to this beam. See the example .

Weld length: The distance from the interior vertical edge of the paddel plate to the edge of the HSS/TS beam. This weld length is equal to the distance that the paddle plate is inserted into the beam. Welds that are this specified length run along the edges of the top and bottom notches. If " Width " is unlocked ( ), changing the " Weld length " also changes the paddle plate " Width " and -- in " End preparations " -- the HSS/TS main material's top and bottom " Notch length ."

End connection failure message: Paddle plate weld strength exceeded

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