MOMENT RESISTING CONNECTION

TEAM TEACHING PERANCANGAN STRUKTUR BAJA 2

MOMENT CONNECTIONS

• Moment connections are also called rigid connections.

• Moment connections carry a portion or the full moment
capacity of the supported member thus preventing any end-
rotation of the member.
• Moment connections are typically designed to also carry the
shear component of the load.
• Moment connections provide continuity between the
supported and supporting members.
• Relative rotation between the supporting and supported
members is negligible.
• The flanges of the supported member are attached to either a
connection element or directly to the supporting member.
PIN VS MOMENT CONNECTIONS
 General Rules

• Whenever possible welding should be done in

the fabricating shop and bolting should be done
in the field
• Shop welding is less expensive and can be more
closely controlled
• Most of the moment transfer is through the
beam flange
 Common Connection Type

• Bending of each member is about the strong

axis
• The plate connecting the beam web to the
the column is shop welded to the column
and field bolted to the beam
• The plate connection is designed to resist
only shear and beam reaction
• Complete penetration groove weld connect
the beam flange to the column and can
transfer a moment equal to the moment
capacity of the beam flanges
• Column stiffener is needed (but not always)
 Common Connection Type

• Similar with previous connection but

the beam is connected to the column
web (in a space frame)
• It requires the use of column
stiffener to make the connections to
the beam flanges
• Both types require close tolerances.
If the beam is shorter than
anticipated, the gap between the
column and the beam flange may
cause difficulties in welding.
Three-plate Connections

• The flange plates and web plates are all

shop welded to the column flange and field
bolted to the beam
• To provide for variation variation in the
beam depth< the distance between flange
plates is made larger than the nominal
depth of the beam, usually by about
3/8inch
• The gap is filled at the top flange during
erection with shims, which are thin strips of
steel used for adjusting the fit joints
• Shim can be inserted after the bolts are in
place
Three-plate Connections

No Plate Force Connector

1 Web Plate Shear Reaction Shop welded to the

2 Upper Flange Plate Tension Force column flange and
field bolted to the
3 Bottom Flange Plate Compression Force beam
 Three-plate Connections :
Design Example

Design a three-plate moment

connection transfer the following
service loads :
DL moment = 35kip-ft
LL Moment = 105 kips-ft
DL Shear = 5.5 kips
LL Shear = 16.5 kips
All plate are to be shop welded to the
column with E70XX and field bolted to
the beam with A325 bearing type bolts
A36 steel is used for the plates and
A992 steel is used for beam and
column
1. Design web plate

a. Bolts design -- Try ¾ in A325N

Shear strength :

- try 3 bolts
minimum spacing : 2 2/3 d = 2.667x 0.75 = 2
minimum edge distance = 1.25 in
1. Design web plate

b. Plate thickness design

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1. Design web plate

b. Plate thickness design

1. Design web plate

c. Weld design : Shear plate to the column flange

1. Design web plate

d. Plate width
2. Design Flange plate

1. Bolts (diameter and lay out)

2. Required plate Thickness

2. Design Tension Flange plate

2. Required plate Thickness

2. Design Tension Flange plate

2. Required plate Thickness

2. Design Tension Flange plate

2. Required plate Thickness

Drawing
 End Plate Connections

• To connect beam to beam and beam

to column
• It can be used for simple connection
(shear only) and rigid connection
• The rigid version is also called as
extended end plate connection
 End Plate Connections

• The end plate is pre-drilled and

shop-welded to the end of the
girder.
• The corresponding holes in the
column flange are pre-drilled.
• The two transverse stiffener
plates are shop-welded to secure
the column flanges against the
load transferred from the girder
flanges.
• Extended end-plate connections • Extended end plate prevents
require tight fabrication and rotation and thus transfers moment
erection tolerances. forces to the column, which makes
this a moment connection.
End Plate Connections
End Plate Connections
Assumption taken in Design of
End Plate Connections
Assumption taken in Design of
End Plate Connections
Design Procedure
Design Procedure
Design Procedure
Design Procedure
Design Procedure