Steel Buildings in Europe

Part 5: Joint Design 5 – 10  For inner bolts (parallel to the direction of load transfer)  b = min          ; 1,0 ; 4 1 3 u,p ub 0 1 f f d p  For edge bolts (perpendicular to the direction of load transfer) k 1 = min        2,8 1,7; 2,5 0 2 d e  For inner bolts (perpendicular to the direction of load transfer) k 1 = min        1,4 1,7; 2,5 0 2 d p 2.2.5 Shear resistance of the end plate e e e 1 1 1 2 e e 2 2 Ed 2 Ed 2 Ed 2 Ed V V V V n 1 1 2 1 Critical section in shear and bearing 2 Block shear – check failure by tearing out of shaded portion Basic requirement: V Ed  V Rd,min V Rd,min = min( V Rd,g ; V Rd,n ; V Rd,b ) where: V Rd,g is the shear resistance of the gross section V Rd,n is the shear resistance of the net section V Rd,b is the block tearing resistance 2.2.5.1 Shear resistance of gross section V Rd,g = M0 y,p p p 1, 27 3 2  f h t  [Reference 8] Note: The coefficient 1,27 takes into account the reduction in shear resistance due to the presence of the nominal in-plane bending which produces tension in the bolts [9] .