Steel Bolts in Structural Connections
When it comes to constructing robust frameworks, the capacity of steel bolts plays a crucial role. They are essential for connecting various elements in structures, ensuring safety and longevity. What’s the point of a beautiful structure if the connections can’t hold together?
Shear Capacity, Tension Capacity and Detailing
This simple tool can eliminate the guesswork in nominating steel bolts for structural connections. By inputting only the material grade and nominal bolt size, you can quickly determine the necessary load capacities and detailing parameters. Just remember, it’s not all numbers; a bit of humor can make the process enjoyable. Who knew bolts could be so riveting?
Bolt Capacity Suite
Structural bolt capacities and detailing
Detailing diagram
The diagram maps the selected bolt's washer envelope, hole size reference, minimum pitch, and minimum edge distance for quick detailing checks.
Reduced design capacities
Select a bolt grade and size from the project dataset to inspect capacities and detailing guidance.
Catalogue selection
Reduced shear capacity implied by the catalogue values.
Expand to view the full engineering equation.
Reduced tension capacity implied by the catalogue values.
Expand to view the full engineering equation.
Detailing and hardware data
Bolt geometry
Nut dimensions
Washer envelope
Derived checks
Selection history
Save capacity checks to build a quick comparison log of the catalogue entries you have reviewed.
| Timestamp | Grade | Size | φVf | φNtf | Pitch | Edge distance |
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