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    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.
    Simple (Shear) Connections
    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.
    Connection Types
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    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.
    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. Back-
    up plate optional. (Available only with maintenance
    contract.)
    Splices
    Connection Types
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    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.
    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.
    KTG
    KT Gusset Plate
    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.)
    UFBR
    Uniform Force Bracing Connection
    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.)
    Connection Types
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    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.
    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.
    Connection Types
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    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 in-
    plane and out of plane loading. Analysed by elastic
    method.

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