Design Resistance for Individual Fastners

as per EN 1993-1-8

CONNECTED MATERIAL

steel material: S235 EN 1993-1-1 Table 3.1

N
yield strength: fy := 235
2
mm

N
ultimate strength: fu := 360
2
mm

mimimum thickness of the material: t := 8mm

BOLT

metric: M20

nominal bolt diameter: d := 20mm

hole diameter for d 0 := d + 2mm = 22 mm

bolt:
2
d 2
bolt gross stress Ab := = 314.159 mm
area: 4
2
bolt nominal stress As := 245mm EN ISO 898-1 Table 4
area:

Bolt class: 4.6 EN 1993-1-8 Table 3.1

N
yield strength: fyb := 240
2
mm

N
ultimate tensile fub := 400
strength: 2
mm

parameters

v := 0.6 for classes 4.6, 5.6 and 8.8 EN 1993-1-8 Table 3.4

M2 := 1.25 EN 1993-1-8 Table 2.1

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bolt or nut mean across flats: d m := 30mm

thickness plate under the bolt or nut: tp := 8mm

EN 1993-1-8 Table 3.3 e1 := 1.2 d 0 = 26.4 mm

connection arrangement
p 1 := 2.2 d0 = 48.4 mm

e2 := 1.2 d 0 = 26.4 mm

p 2 := 2.4 d0 = 52.8 mm

EN 1993-1-8 Table 3.4

shear resistance per shear plane

v fub As
Fv_Rd := = 47.04 kN
M2

- bearing resistance

in direction of the load transfer

e1
- end bolts d_dl_eb := = 0.4
3 d0

fub
b_eb := min d_dl_eb , , 1 = 0.4
fu

p1 1
- iner bolts d_dl_ib := = 0.483
3 d 0 4

fub
b_ib := min d_dl_ib , , 1 = 0.483
fu

perpendicular to the direction of load transfer:

e2
- for edge bolts k1_pl_eb := min 2.8 1.7 , 2.5 = 1.66
d0

p2
- for inner bolts k1_pl_ib := min 1.4 1.7 , 2.5 = 1.66
d0

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bearing resistance for

end bolts

k1_pl_eb b_eb fub d t

Fb_Rd_eb := = 33.997 kN
M2

inner bolts

k1_pl_ib b_ib fub d t

Fb_Rd_ib := = 41.079 kN
M2

tension resistance

k2 := 0.9

k2 fub As
Ft_Rd := = 70.56 kN
M2

punching shear resistance

0.6 d m tp fu
B p_Rd := = 130.288 kN
M2

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