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

Base Plates

BASE		Base Plate Pinned connection. Member may be rolled or hollow section.
BASE M		Moment Base Plate Moment connection for I section column.

Bracing Connections

BRAC		Single Brace 20 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.
KTG		KT Gusset Plate This is a compound bracing connection with two or three members connected to a gusset plate, which is welded to a beam, column, or truss chord. Each branch connection may be any one of the available single brace connection types. (Available only with maintenance contract.)
UFBR		Uniform Force Bracing Connection This is a compound bracing connection with one or two bracing members, each of which is connected to a gusset plate welded to a beam and bolted to a column. Each bracing connection may be any one of the available single brace connection types. (Available only with maintenance contract.)

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.

Miscellaneous Connections

SEAT		Stiff Seat End or internal support. With or without seat plate. With or without stiffeners.
BGP		Bolt Group Rectangular array of bolts in gusset of specified grade and thickness. May be analysed by either elastic or instantaneous center method.
WGP		Weld Groups Many different configurations of fillet weld with in-plane and out of plane loading. Analysed by elastic method.