Steel Buildings in Europe

Title Appendix B Worked Example: Design of a truss node with gusset 3 of 44 5 - 82 Figure B.4 KT Joint – Section AA Figure B.5 KT Joint- Section BB 2. Gusset plate to web chord welded connection This connection is a welded plate perpendicular to the web of the chord, see Figure B.6. The two fillet welds are identical. The design of the gusset plate and its weld to the chord takes into account the axial forces in all three angle members connected to it. O α 3 α 1 Y Z 260 320 30 260 O g N 1,Ed N 2,Ed N 3,Ed Figure B.6 Gusset plate to web chord welded connection The longitudinal axes of all three angle members intersect on the chord axis at the point O in the web.