Steel Buildings in Europe

Part 5: Joint Design 5 – 21 3 FIN PLATE 3.1 Recommended details Min. 2,5 p p p z d o h h h z b 1 2 3 4 5 1 7 8 9 10 6 13 16 14 15 13 12 11 3 1 1 End projection g h 3 All end and edge distances  2d 4 Length of fin plate h p  0,6 h b 5 Bolt diameter, d . Only 8.8 bolts to be used, untorqued in clearance holes 6 Hole diameter, d 0 . d 0 = d + 2 mm for d  24 mm; d 0 = d + 3 mm for d > 24 mm 7 Supporting column 8 Face of web 9 Long fin plate if z  0,15 p t t p = fin plate thickness 10 Fin plate thickness t p  0,5 d 11 Double line of bolts 12 All end and edge distances  2 d 13 Supported beam (Single notched) 14 Supporting beam 15 50 mm but  ( t f + r ) and  ( t f,s + r s ) 16 ( h b,s – 50 mm) but  ( h s – t f,s – r s ) 17 Supported beam (Double notched) h b is the height of the supported beam h b,s is the height of the supporting beam (if applicable) t f is the thickness of the flange of the supported beam t f,s is the thickness of the flange of the supporting beam (if applicable) r is the root radius of the supported beam r s is the root radius of the supporting beam (if applicable)