Steel Buildings in Europe

Part 5: Joint Design 5 – 53 z is the transverse distance from the face of the supporting element to the centre of the bolt group Bearing resistance of bolts on the angle cleats z e Ed Ed 2 2 e e e p e p 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 z V V 1 Single row Double Row 1 Check the bearing strength of cleat under eccentric load Basic requirement: V Ed ≤ V Rd V Rd = 2 hor,Rd b, b 2 b,ver,Rd b b 1 2                F n F n n   The bearing resistance of a single bolt is F b,Rd = M2 1 b u   f dt k The vertical bearing resistance of a single bolt on the angle cleat is as follows: F b,ver,Rd = M2 ac u,ac 1 b   dt f k The horizontal bearing resistance of a single bolt on the angle cleat is as follows: F b,hor,Rd = M2 ac 1 b u,ac   dt f k α , β and  M2 are as defined previously. For F b,ver,Rd : k 1 =         min 2,8 1,7; 1,4 1,7; 2,5 0 2 0 2 d p d e α b =          ; 1,0 ; 4 1 3 ; 3 min u,ac ub 0 1 0 1 f f d p d e