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
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WSP
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Single Plate /Shear Tab / Fin Plate / Web Side Plate |
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FEP
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Flexible End Plate |
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ACLT
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Angle Cleat |
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BAS
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Bolted Angle Seat |
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WAS
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Welded Angle Seat |
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BPAD
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Bearing Pad |
Moment Connections
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WBC
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Welded Beam-Column |
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BMEP
A |
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Bolted Moment End Plate Beam on one or both sides of column. With or without stiffeners or column web doubler plate. |
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BMEP
B |
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Bolted Moment End Plate Beam on one or both sides of column. With or without stiffeners or column web doubler plate. |
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BMEP
C |
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Bolted Moment End Plate Matching mitred end plates or apex connection in rigid frame. |
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HBEP
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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. |
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MEPC
F |
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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. |
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MEPC
E |
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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. |
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WFP
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Welded Flange Plate Shear tab welded or bolted. Seismic checking available for fully welded connection. |
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BFP
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Bolted Flange Plate Fully bolted. Seismic checking available. |
Splices
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WSPL
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Welded Splice |
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BSPL
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Bolted Splice Allocation of bending moment between flanges and web determined by analysis method, either elastic, plastic, or simplified. |
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BMEP
S |
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Bolted End Plate Splice |
Miscellaneous Connections
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BRAC
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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. |
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SEAT
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Stiff Seat End or internal support. With or without seat plate. With or without stiffeners. |
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BASE
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Base Plate Pinned connection. Member may be rolled or hollow section. |
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BASE
M |
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Moment Base Plate Moment connection for I section column. |
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BGP
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Bolt Group Rectangular array of bolts in plates of specified grade and thickness. |
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WGP
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Weld Groups Many different configurations of fillet weld with in-plane and out of plane loading. |
Hollow Structural Section (HSS) Connections
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TCAP
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Cap Plate Pinned connection. Design for tension. |
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KNEE
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Mitred Knee For RHS or SHS with width of both members the same. With or without stiffening plate. |
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TYT
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Y/T Connection Chord may be RHS, SHS, CHS, or rolled section; brace may be RHS, SHS or CHS. |
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TX
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X Connection Chord may be RHS, SHS, CHS, or rolled section; brace may be RHS, SHS or CHS. |
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TKNG
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K/N Gap Connection Chord may be RHS, SHS, CHS, or rolled section; brace may be RHS, SHS or CHS. |
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TKNO
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K/N Overlap Connection Chord may be RHS, SHS, CHS, or rolled section; brace may be RHS, SHS or CHS. |
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TMEP
4 |
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Moment End Plate Connections
for RHS/SHS For compact RHS or SHS only. |
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TMEP
8 |
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Moment End Plate Connections
for RHS/SHS For compact RHS or SHS only. |
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