Effect of Connector Spacing on Double Angle Compressive Strength

by Cynthia J. Zahn, AISC, Chicago, IL, USA,
Geerhard Haaijer, AISC, Chicago, IL, USA,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Materials and Member Behavior

Abstract:

The 1986 AISC 'Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) Specification for Structural Steel Buildings' includes new rules affecting the design of built-up members composed of rolled shapes. These rules are based on the result of recent studies which indicate that the connector spacing has a direct effect on the strength of a built-up member buckling out of the plane that separates the individual members. Various test results have provided the necessary information to develop a formula for a 'modified' slenderness ratio.

Subject Headings: Steel structures | Steel columns | Compressive strength | Load and resistance factor design | Spacing | Load tests | Compression tests

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