" Moment Cap Plate " connection design locks

A cap plate for a beam with a welded moment connection can be created by connection design when that beam frames to the top of a column flange. Although the moment cap plate shop welds to the column, " Moment Cap Plate " locks are maintained on the Beam Edit window since the cap plate is generated as a component of the welded moment connection, which is also specified on the beam.

(W beam, welded moment connection, to the top of a column flange)
(" Input connection type " = ' Shear ' or ' Clip angle ' or ' Bent plate ' or ' User defined ')
(" Moment type " = ' Welded ')
" Moment Cap Plate "

Related locks : Shear Tab
NS/FS Clip

Bent Plate


Other locks
Column Flange Stiffeners
Column Web Doublers
(moment):

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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 ).

  Moment Cap Plate

Cap plate

Plate length: The distance (parallel with the work line of the beam) between the two edges of the moment cap plate that are perpendicular to the beam.

Plate width: The distance (perpendicular to the work line of the beam) between the two edges of the moment cap plate that are parallel with the beam.

Plate thickness ( not depicted ): The " Material thickness " of the moment cap plate.

Welds

Weld size to column flange ( flange weld ): The weld size for shop welding the moment cap plate to the web of the column. See the example .

Weld size to column web ( web weld ): The weld size for shop welding the moment cap plate to the column. See the example .

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