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Source: Handbook of Structural Steel Connection Design and Details

Chapter
1

Fasteners and Welds for
Structural Connections

Larry S. Muir, P.E.
Steel Consultant, Atlanta, GA

William A. Thornton, Ph.D., P.E.

Corporate Consultant, Cives Steel Company, Roswell, GA

Thomas Kane, C. Eng., M.I.Struct.E.
Retired; Technical Manager, Cives Steel Company,
Roswell, GA

1.1 Introduction 2
1.2 Bolted Connections 2
1.2.1 Types of bolts 2
1.2.2 Washer requirements 4
1.2.3 Pretensioned and snug-tight bolts 5
1.2.4 Bearing-type versus slip-critical joints 5
1.2.5 Bolts in combination with welds 7
1.2.6 Standard, oversized, short-slotted, and
long-slotted holes 8
1.2.7 Edge distances and spacing of bolts 9
1.2.8 Installation 11
1.3 Welded Connections 14
1.3.1 Types of welds 14
1.3.2 Welding symbols 20
1.3.3 Welding material 25
1.3.4 Welding positions 25
1.3.5 Weld procedures 26
1.3.6 Weld quality 30
1.3.7 Methods for determining strength of skewed
fillet welds 32
1.3.8 Obliquely loaded concentric fillet weld groups 34
1.4 References 36

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