Connection Types

Limcon checks the following connections, producing a report and a detail diagram and optionally, a virtual reality view and a DXF.

Simple (Shear) Connections

WSP
Single Plate /Shear Tab / Fin Plate / Web Side Plate
FEP
Flexible End Plate
ACLT
Angle Cleat
BAS
Bolted Angle Seat
WAS
Welded Angle Seat
BPAD
Bearing Pad

Moment Connections

WBC

Welded Beam-Column
Beam on one or both sides of column. With or without stiffeners or column web doubler plate.

BMEP
A
Bolted Moment End Plate
Beam on one or both sides of column. With or without stiffeners or column web doubler plate.
BMEP
B
Bolted Moment End Plate
Beam on one or both sides of column. With or without stiffeners or column web doubler plate.
BMEP
C
Bolted Moment End Plate
Matching mitred end plates or apex connection in rigid frame.
HBEP
Haunched Beam End Plate
Rafter horizontal or inclined. Beam on one or both sides of column. With or without stiffeners or column web doubler plate.
MEPC
F
Flush Moment End Plate
One or two rows of bolts inside tension flange. Available for restricted range of I sections. May be used as splice.
MEPC
E
Extended Moment End Plate
One, two, or three rows of bolts inside tension flange - stiffeners available with one and three interior rows. May be used as splice. Seismic checking available for 4E and 4ES connections.
WFP
Welded Flange Plate
Shear tab welded or bolted. Seismic checking available for fully welded connection.
BFP
Bolted Flange Plate
Fully bolted. Seismic checking available.

Splices

WSPL

Welded Splice
Allocation of bending moment between flanges and web determined by analysis method, either elastic, plastic, or simplified.

BSPL
Bolted Splice
Allocation of bending moment between flanges and web determined by analysis method, either elastic, plastic, or simplified.
BMEP
S
Bolted End Plate Splice

Miscellaneous Connections

BRAC
Bracing Cleat
12 types of bracing connection. Bracing member may be single or double angle, rod, flattened CHS, hollow section with cleat or tee plate, or rolled section.
SEAT
Stiff Seat
End or internal support. With or without seat plate. With or without stiffeners.
BASE
Base Plate
Pinned connection. Member may be rolled or hollow section.
BASE
M
Moment Base Plate
Moment connection for I section column.
BGP
Bolt Group
Rectangular array of bolts in plates of specified grade and thickness.
WGP
Weld Groups
Many different configurations of fillet weld with in-plane and out of plane loading.

Hollow Structural Section (HSS) Connections

TCAP
Cap Plate
Pinned connection. Design for tension.
KNEE
Mitred Knee
For RHS or SHS with width of both members the same. With or without stiffening plate.
TYT
Y/T Connection
Chord may be RHS, SHS, CHS, or rolled section; brace may be RHS, SHS or CHS.
TX
X Connection
Chord may be RHS, SHS, CHS, or rolled section; brace may be RHS, SHS or CHS.
TKNG
K/N Gap Connection
Chord may be RHS, SHS, CHS, or rolled section; brace may be RHS, SHS or CHS.
TKNO
K/N Overlap Connection
Chord may be RHS, SHS, CHS, or rolled section; brace may be RHS, SHS or CHS.
TMEP
4
Moment End Plate Connections for RHS/SHS
For compact RHS or SHS only.
TMEP
8
Moment End Plate Connections for RHS/SHS
For compact RHS or SHS only.


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