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Design of Connections for Axial, Moment, and Shear Forces

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In this case, the fillet sizes remain the same as the orthogonal case. In gen-
eral, the obtuse side weld will increase and the acute side weld will decrease,
as will be seen in the next section.

2.4.3 Skewed connections
The shear end-plate example of the previous section ended with the
calculation of welds for a skewed connection. There are many types of
skewed connections. The design recommendations for economy and
safety have been reviewed by Kloiber and Thornton (1997). This section
is largely taken from that paper.

Skewed connections to beams. The preferred skewed connections for econ-
omy and safety are single plates (Fig. 2.39) and end plates (Fig. 2.40).
Single bent plates (Fig. 2.41) and eccentric end plates also work well at
very acute angles. The old traditional double bent plate connections are

Figure 2.39 Shear tab (single plate). (Courtesy of
Kloiber and Thornton, with permission from ASCE.)

Figure 2.40 Shear end plate.
(Courtesy of Kloiber and
Thornton, with permission from
ASCE.)

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