Steel Buildings in Europe

Title APPENDIX A Worked Example: Design of a continuous chord connection using splice plate connections 2 of 24 5 - 55 2 1 3 Z Y X Y 1 cover plates of web chord 2 cover plate of flange 1 (on the right-hand side) 3 cover plate of flange 2 (on the left-hand side) Figure A.3 Cover plates The global coordinates system is such as: The XOZ plane is that of the truss plane The XOY plane is that of the web chord 2. Basic data The sizes of the cover-plates and the positioning of holes are shown on the Figure A.4.