Mitered knee – Beam to Column Flange

References

Key, P.W., A. A. Syam. Tubular Design Guide 25: Fully welded – Simple planar connections . North Sydney, N.S.W. : Australian Steel Institute, 2014. pp 3-24 - 3-27.

Details

From the reference:

The following design example, illustrated in Figure 3.9, is identical to Design Example 2 from Ref. 8.

Refer to the figure in the reference for additional details.

Results

Parameter	RAM Connection	Reference	Difference
Design check N°3 – Design capacity for combined moment and axial load (Support combined moment and axial load)	0.734	0.734	None.
Design check N°4 – Design capacity for shear (Beam shear capacity) – ØVv [kN]	283.5	256	Similar results. Difference due to design code differences.
Design check N°5 – Design capacity of weld to SSHS member - Beam weld [kN/mm]	0.75	0.749	None.
Design check N°5 – Design capacity of weld to SSHS member - Support weld [kN/mm]	0.75	0.749	None.