HSS Bracing Punch Plate Connection Design Excel Sheet

The above spread sheet shall be used to design PUNCH THROUGH PLATE CONNECTION for HSS member based on AISC- LRFD code ( Steel design guide 24).

Design Checks:

HSS:- Tensile yielding

HSS :-Tensile rupture

Punch plate:- Tensile yielding

Punch plate:- Tensile rupture

Punch Plate :- Axial -Block shear rupture

Punch Plate : Compression

Punch Plate :- flexure

Punch Plate:- Interaction for flexure and Tension, comp (max values)

Bolt bearing

Bolt Shearing

splice plate:- Tensile yielding

splice plate:- Tensile rupture

Spilce plate : Axial Block shear

Splice/Cover plates : Compression

Shear of the weld metal and shear of the HSS and Punch plate base metals

Calculation Reference

AISC - LRFD code