Steel Buildings in Europe

Title Appendix B Worked Example: Design of a truss node with gusset 44 of 44 5 - 123 Table B.28 Connection N1 – Gusset component – Bolt b 1 – Reduction of total number of bolts Design values Resistance values Total number of bolts 4 3 V,b1,Ed F 166,22 222,19 197,68 S,Rd F b1,h,Ed V, F 84,37 57,25 154,22 b1,h,Rd b, F b1,v,Ed V, F 143,22 214,69 264,38 b1,v,Rd b, F Table B.29 Connection N1 – Gusset component – Bolt b 2 – Reduction of total number of bolts Design values Resistance values Total number of bolts 4 3 V,b1,Ed F 190,82 222,19 197,68 S,Rd F b1,h,Ed V, F 182,86 207,52 264,38 b1,h,Rd b, F b1,v,Ed V, F 54,54 79,38 257,60 b1,v,Rd b, F In order to satisfy the criteria we need to increase the value of the spacing p 1 from 65 to a minimum of 101 mm. Look for example the results for bolt b 1 . Table B.30 Connection N3 – Gusset component – Bolt b 1 – Increasing of spacing p 1 to 101 mm Design values Resistance values V,b1,Ed F 197,33 197,68 S,Rd F