Connection Types
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Connection Types
Limcon checks the following connections, producing a report and a detail diagram and optionally, a virtual reality view and a DXF.
Plug-in content Simple (Shear) Connections Plug-in content Plug-in Plug-in content 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.
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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.
FPC
Flange Plate Connection to Column Web Flange plates welded to column flanges and web. Backup plate optional. (Available only with maintenance contract.)
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.
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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.
KT Gusset Plate KTG
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.)
Uniform Force Bracing Connection UFBR
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.
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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 inplane and out of plane loading. Analysed by elastic method.
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