Connection Wednesdays - Horizontal tying & welding improvements

Tying Resistance analysis

Adequate tying resistance is a design code requirement for multi-story steel structures. This check ensures that no accidental or disproportionate collapse will occur. In the context of the Eurocodes, this is part of the robustness requirements as defined in part “EN 1991-1-7 -Actions on structures. General actions. Accidental actions”; learn more in the blog by Ralph Pullinger.

For steel framed buildings, tying resistance is provided by adequate connection design although as buildings get more complex other factors might come into play.

In this webinar, we will demonstrate the use of this new type of analysis during connection design and cover some of the theoretical aspects that make this analysis tick.

Weld with contacts

Why should you bother about welds coexisting with contact elements on the same edge? Initially, this may not appear to be something big. However, there are cases like highly compressed columns where load passes – at least partially – through the bearing. For these cases, this functionality can save the day, as the available guidance allows the use of nominal weld sizes without further checking.

In the webinar, we will demonstrate how this feature can give results that match the ones in the available guidance and investigate the preconditions for using this approach as ensuring that force passes through the bearing requires some additional fabrication work.

What do we have for you next?

If you want to learn more about how to most effectively use IDEA StatiCa we have some additional recordings from past webinars:

• Modeling tips&tricks
• Connection Wednesdays - Asymmetrical purlin – Complex design

Try it on your own - get the free Trial license and follow the step-by-step tutorial for a simple steel connection or structural design of steel beam.

Webinar recording