2 When a significant axial load or bending moment must also be transferred, additional members must de provided or the shear clip must be replaced by a heavier fitting.. The load “bala
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MATERIAL 7078-76 CLAD
os
9
020 052 040 050 Q63 Ơn O80 O30 IOOO
Fig, D2.23 (Ref 1) Static Strength of Typical Singie
Spot Welds In Tension Using Star Coupons
CENTER TO CENTER SPOT SPACING EN INCE!
Fig D2 24 (Ref 1) Efficiency in Tension for Spot Welding Aluminum Alloys
PROBLEMS:
sg (4) Illustrates a welded plate fittl
tting plate and tube are steel Fry =
O00 What is the maximum desien load P
which the fitting car Se subjected to 1?
a fitting factor of 1.2 is used Fitting
is not subjected to vibration or rotation
9+ nings cin
tape LenS ST ee Tome
Sams as Problem L but tube and fitting ts naat-treated after welding to Fry = 150,060,
By Mise Pe Cravese OTS),
7
WASHERS
_#, (7
P
Fig A
A -.051, 2024-T3 aluminum sheet carries an ultimate tension load of 700 Lbs per inch
It ts spliced by a lap joint involving one row of spot welds spaced at 0.5 inch Is
the spot weld strength satisfactory
A 7075-T6 aluminum sheet * ultimate tensile stress ot Zoo00 ost
sheet is to be soliced Design a scot
welded joint for a leo joint
arries an
‘The
In a wing section involving skin and
stringers, the shear flow in HN
panels to a particular stringer is 400
600 lbs per inch, and acting in the sane
direction Assuming no diagonal tension action due to skin wrinkling, wnat spot spacing ts required to fasten the stringe
to the skin 12 ths skin is 04 thick
204-TS aluminum 2licy material
and
ane
Military Handbook ~ MIL-H)8K-5, August,
1962
ANC=5, Mar:
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CHAPTER D2 SOME IMPORTANT DETAILS IN STRUCTURAL DESIGN
BY WILLIAM F McCOMBS (DESIGN SPECIALIST - CHANCE VOUGHT CORP.)
D3 1 Introduction,
In the design and fabrication of an air-
plane the major components receive a thorough
parts, however, are designed at the last minute
and, not receiving so much attention, sometimes
frequently lead to trouble in service and in
tests This chapter represents an attempt to
point out some of the more common details that
seem, somehow, to be overlooked from time to
time This should be of help to those involved
in designing or dealing {n other ways with the
structural components of airplanes or of
similar types of structures With regard to
specific details, many aircraft companies have
standard methods of design The reader should
always consult his company’s data on these, if
available In the event such are not available,
the following suggested practices should be of
practical help
D3,2 Shear Clips
There are nundreds of these in a typical
together both primary structural components
and secondary structural parts such as equip~
ment mounting brackets, etc The function of
the shear clip is to transfer a shear load
from one part to another It is not intended
to transfer axial load or bending moment or
twist, only shear
A typical example is shown in Fig 03.1
Here bracket, or beam, (a) is supported by
beams (b) and (c) The load P is thus "beamed
out" to (b) and (c}, passing as a shear load
through the clips into the webs of (b) and (c)
as 111ustrated
Fig D3 2
When a significant axial load or bending
moment must also be transferred, additional
members must de provided or the shear clip
must be replaced by a heavier fitting This
is illustrated in Fig 03.2 Here a beam, (a),
Fig D3.2
is cantilevered off of a heavy plece of
the shear clip as a shear load from web (a)
plates, "S", are provided for this purpose
They transfer the moment in the form of axial
loads from the flanges of beam (a) to member
{b)
Shear clips are usually seen in two forms;
(a) bent up sheet metal or extruded
angles (the angle being anywhere
from 0° to 180° between the legs)
(>) extruded "tees"
These shear clips are shown in their
The
"ninimum acceptable” form in Fig DS.3
“Minimum” Type Shear Clips Fig D3.3
minimum requirement {s that eacn leg or an
angle type clip must have at least 2 ?
and its leg must also have at least 2 fasteners
each, as snown in (e) and (f}
The load “balance” of an angle type shear
clip is illustrated in Fig D3.4 The corner
edge of the clip should be assumed to carry
D4.1
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only the shear being transferred, taken as
fasteners are then as illustrated Once tne
loads are known, the clip and fasteners can
be checked for strength using standard methods
Final Balance
Obtained by Let a=.40", b=1,0"
Adding Above _ 4 aang
Together Then Q= 1000 x~p = 400#
Resuitant Rivet Load:
Rx,/500* +4007 = 6404 Use 2-5/32" Alum, Rivets
Then clip thickness required is t = 032", T5ST Alc,
Fig D3.5 illustrates what will happen if
only one fastener {1s provided in 4 leg of an
(ignoring friction) balance any shear at the
corner In other words, it can receive only
a shear from the web to which it is fastened
This, in turn, puts a twist, P x a, into the
other leg of the clip and, hence, into the
other wed This is unacceptable, of course,
since a much thicker leg would be needed to
carry the torsion, and an undue twist would be
course, Several fasteners, rather than Just
two, may be used when space allows
Fig, D3.4
Clips of type (a), (c) and (e) in Fig
DZ.3 are more efficient than are types (Dd),
(4) and (7) The latter are used when this ts
cases the dimension "a" should be kept as small
3s practical installation will allow
jst For loads on longer leg
in figure, leta=.4", bz1.0",
|) \rwist=10004 42400" 4 This is required to
balance the 1000# which
is out of the plane of
the longer leg This
is unacceptable
1000 14004 SH
400#
An 'Ưnacceptable”
Type Shear Clip
Fig D3.5
Another type of deficiency sometimes
arises when a minimum type shear clip is being
it has been necessary to "joggle” one leg of
the angle clip, say to fit over some locally
thicker part of the member being attached If
\
i ì
i ì
f +
fi 1
Fig D3.6
order of the clip’s thickness or greater, it
can considerably reduce the clip’s rigidity and
cause it to function as 2 "one rivet clips"
with the adverse twist effects mentioned
should be provided on one side of the joggle
tn the joggled leg, as illustrated in Fig
DZ.6(b), to maintain rigidity and proper
be carried by the 2 fasteners above the joggle,
similar to case (b) or (d) in Fig 03.3
Joggles are discussed further in Art D3.4
D3 3 Tension Clips
These are also quite numerous in military airplanes, being used to splice relatively light tension loads from one member to another
The tension clip is a very inefficient type of
particularly, and should be used only when the load 1s small and other design factors prevent the use of the more efficient lap shear splice
It is usually resorted to when some structural member such as a bulkhead web or flange or fitting cannot be efficiently “opened up" to let an axtally loaded member pass
through It is also frequently used to attach cantilevered brackets to bulkheads or ribs or
other structure
on one side of a bulkhead and is to be spliced
to member (b) on the other side There is an axial tension load to be transferred and since the bulkhead cannot be cut, a tension clip arrangement must be used as shown Angle clips
in this case are illustrated
ension Clips
Fig D3.7
AL
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ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
S$ the strongest and stiffest for
To obtain maximum strength and stiffness,
bolts should be used for attachment purposes,
Allowadle load data is given in Fig D3.8 for
single angle clip arrangement illustrated
YIELD LOAD FOR SINGLE ANGLES
2 IN AND OVER 30!
Bw
THICKNESS OF ANGLE - INCHES —- YIELD LOAD PER BOLT - LBS
NOTES;
1 In these tests the angles procrudea
LoAD at either end beyond the © of the { boit a distance of 1/2 the bait BOLT HEAD spacing
CLEARANCE 2 For thick angles the bolt may be
eritieal
AN-4 SOLT 1 a Values are for room temperature
AN960 eee Jeet ANGLE use only
Fig D3.8 (Ret, Vought Structures Manual}
ip thick-
1 and begin
ÿ tO smaller solts the thicknesses
ying action
ac the
yoe clip arrangement
P, Segin to "open-up"
sels an increasing tension
gad, <, and the "toss" of the clin bear down
OF FLIGHT VEHICLE STRUCTURES
D3.3
Fig D3.9
moments about ths center of pressure on the
a+d) a)
P Obviously a small anough 201t will yleld
or fail in tension before a thick clip will yield or fail in bending near the washer (Molin = P xe} There is also a prying action in the tse type clip, 2s illustrated
This prying action is the reason why th designer should be cautious in using rivets
even for light tension loads, as is sometimes
done When rivets are used, as in mounting equipment brackets, 1t is best to use steel
types and carefully check the prying load
maintaining an ample margin of safety In
any avent, riveted clips are inferior and no
design data tor them is given here
Another point in using tension clips is frequently overlooked The structure to whicn
the clip is attached must te capable of taking
the loads applied to it These loads consist
of the tension load from the bolt and the load
from the toe action Several examples are
term “unacceptable” means that the allowabis
leads of Fig D3.8 are not applicable
† S Ỷ |
®) (e) dy Ý
|
@ '
Heavy Light Back to Eccentric Criss-
Back-Up Back-Up Back Clip Load — Cross
Structure Structure Clips Path Clips
Accept- Unaccept- Accept- Unaccept- Unaccept-
able able able able able
Fig D3 10 Sases (b), (da) and (¢) require a rearrangement
of, or additional structure in, the vack-up
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structure which is receiving the load from the Some aircraft companies have specific
clips in order to achieve the full aliowables strength data and practices for the design of
af The resultant load on the back- Joggled members This should, of course, te
Tension clips, aside from having a low
static strength and stiffness, also exhibit a
of such a nature as to occur many times, say
due to symmetrical flight conditions such as
pull-ups and gusts, there should be a large
due only to some non-recurring type of loading,
such as a crash condition or "jammed" system
load, the large margin of safety would not be
necessary
ther suggested practices
are: involving tension
c11ps
1 Keep the bolt head as
bend radius or fillet
possible
close to the radius as is
repeated loadings are possible, when
dominant
across a joint and part is interrupted,
do not use tension clips to join the
interrusted structure - instead a
heavier, stiffer, machined ?itting is
required
D3.4 Joggled Members
A "Joggzle" is an offset formed in a member
© usually involves one ‘or more flanges of 2
amber or the "open" cross~section type
oggles are quite common in typical metal
irplane structures
‡
They are used most often
is desired to fasten together two
eting members without using an extra
the joint The jJoggle ts a compromise
S$ an extra part but the price pald is 4
IZ tne load in the member at the foint
extra part, instead of or in addition
ation 1s shown in Fig D3.11 where one
an angle member has Deen joggled over
stened to another member lying tn the
lane
t
2
9
n
H «œ
ow
ou H o
Skin or
Floor is
Q Usually
Present, Fig D3 11
Angle Joggied Flange
ratio, others use a 3:1 ratio, or both may be used, Strength or stizfness data for one ratio
of this data indicates that when, in the case
of angle members, the depth of the joggle is
to the order of the thickness of the joggled
leg or more, the loss in strength is about
equivalent to the loss of the leg outboard of
practice is therefore suggested as follows
Assume that the net effect of the Joggle, from
a strength and stiffness standpoint, is equivalent to a slot cut into the joggled leg that extends inward to the bend radius tangent
point This is illustrated in Fig 03.12
A
{c)
OS cà
Member Slot" Effective
Section Through Joggle
Fig D3 12 With this assumption, the flat portion of
the joggled leg will carry no axial load across
the joggled area but will provide support for
the curved element The effective net section,
Fig D3.12(c), can then be checked using
standard methods of analysis for whatever forces are acting on it It is obvious that
the net section shown will have little strength
for carrying bending moment normal to the re- maining leg Thus, care should be taken to
insure that any axial loads are introduced as
near the corner as possible - which in turn means that at least two fasteners should be
used on each side of the jogzle
The above approach, considering the joggle
equivalent to a slot, will give the designer
& much better "feel" of what he is really doing when he specifies 2 joggled member
basic reason ror the loss of strength anc
stiffness can be seen in Fig DS.15
The
Req'd Balancing Loads
at Breaks
in Joggled Flange
Fig D3 13
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ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF FLIGHT VEHICLE STRUCTURES The axial loads in the joggled leg being
inclined to each other require a balancing
load Such a balancing load is not available
except a3 shear in the thin leg and this
results in the less of stiffness and strength
If the symmetrical leg of a tee member were
joggled there would be more stiffness than in
the case of an angle, out the same approach,
though more conservative, 1s recommended in
the absence of test data
AS an example of the foregoing discussion
assume that an angle member is supporting
another member locally which is loaded by the
present, as shown, part of the load can be
carried across the joggle by the gusset effect
of the skin This can be approximated by
using the methods of calculating inter-rivet
buckling of skins discussed in another chapter
The rast of the load must be carried across by
the net effective section of the angle in the
jJoggled area
Edge M
Membar, "b'"
Fig D3 14
Thus if the total load at the joint were 2Q
and the load carrying ability of the skin were
R, then the net section of the angle would be
subjected to a load P = 2Q - R and a bending
moment M = 23 x a- Rxb, The stress at the
lower curved edge would be the sum of the
compressive stresses,
Tyet section “Net Section
be a a For ultimate strength, f¢ could be carried up
to Foy, conservatively, in the typical case
In order to realize the maximum strength
and stiffness, the load in the net section must
ve applied in the "corner" This is to prevent
stresses due to bending out of the plane of the
remaining leg This requires that a minimum
of 2 fasteners be provided to receive the load
at the joint The reasoning here {gs the same
as discussed in Art D3.2 concerning minimum
type shear clips, and the fastener loads can
be calculated in the same manner 2s discussed
there
D3.5
section to carry, then an additional member
this are shown in Fig 02.15 Sometimes local requirements are such as
to necessitate both legs of an angle member
being joggled In such cases it should be assumed that the angle has no significant load carrying ability at the Joggle Thus, the existence of any significant load at the Joint would require an additional member and the
angle should be ended just short of the joint
rather than joggled up onto it
Add Member Cut from Tee Extrusion
Add Unjoggied Angle Member
Fig D3 15
The suggested effective net sections of members having other types of cross-sections
are shown in Pig D3.16 where the legs
indicated by dotted lines are joggied In gemeral if the joggle is slight, considerably less than the thickness of the joggled leg, its effect can be ignored, but proper fasteners should still be provided as discussed The
smaller the length to depth ratio used for
joggling, the greater the effect of the Joggle
Joggled members lose stiffness and strength
when subjected to tension loads as well as
when under compression (but any skin present
is, of course, much more effective as a gusset
than when in compression)
fig, D3 18 D3.5 Fillers
As the name implies, fillers are used to
of the structural load path that they need particular attention Fillers also represent
an item that is quite common in typical large
or complicated metal airplane structures
P, are seen to be spliced togetaer by 2 pair
thicker than that of "a", 2 filler is needed
This filler ts part 2f the structural load
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"b0, nam
nh
đợt =
t Load
E=—
View A-A
fe Extended € Filler At
Filler
Fig D317
path, ?rom 7c"
Yeslize 2ull st
into memder “a", I
said to bea "“Zloat
later, a floating f
cause a loss in fas
enzth of the fasteners, extended” “and additional
o tle the extended portion this is not done, it 1s
ler, 1f thick enough, will
er strength
t
9
in
11
ten
In the above example let the total load
@ 8000 lbs and assume that 2000 lbs of
from "c™ to "a" by
into filler by
ce taken 4:
fasteners in
the load put
ing pressure can tne
? =
+t
“pinier * “2
204
„€4 + 06
Sufficient fasteners should be out in th
vended part of the filler to transfer this
o los into member "a"
Thus, whenever a thick filler 1s inserted
tetween two members being spliced together in
shear, the 7iller should be assumed to ve a
part of one of them The part of the total
lice load {t will carry can be calculated as
illustrated above The fasteners can then oe
3znsidered as being in two sets One set must
the
rom the Single member to the combination
us member" The ot
Another examcle us
= Hi Shear (Steel) Rivets
32 1
7075-T6 Slum
Alloy Sheet Mtl,
(All Members}
Strengths:
Rivet Shear = 1820+
Bearing In 072 = 16304
Bearing In 081 = 1840#
Fig D3 18
ral with the lower
So be integ
1 Rivets required to splice
"a" to combination 2000 ibs from clus filler:
No Rivets = TE2O = 1,65, or Zz
Tp"):
1500 lbs
No Fasteners = ie = 292 or 1
Total Fasteners required =2+ 123,
Splice is adequate since 3 rivets are present
Had no filler been present, 2 fasteners would
have sufficed
Case Il
P = 5000 lbs
Repeating the same steps as
Ụ require 3000 5 r
2 + Load in Filler = 5000x% 7 _._-Ắ .078 207 + ,072 =
Thus the 3 rivets are required to transfer load, P, from "a" and 2 additional rivets are
needed to unload the filler into member "bd"
The filler should be
additional fasteners dotted lines in Fig
extended over “b" and 2 added as shown by th
D2.18,
edly, the abOVe nracedure is
3 tne effect of the filler when the ft thickness {s less than soout 15%
of the fastener diameter, {ts presence can
te ignored
The effect of the filler {ts to reduce
reason for this can se sesn trom Fig 03.1 wherg tne oresence of the filler causes greater
prying leads and nence mora tension in the
fastener, along with the shear load
the structural Load
be made
any filler in should, o2 course, compatible
path
from a material
in stiffness with that of the
41
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ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF FLIGHT VEHICLE STRUCTURES
—
- a —>
Sa ee Larger Prying
—
“Normal” Eccentricity
with Structural (Extended) Filler Fig D3 19
structure around it That is, one should not
use a soft aluminum filler between high heat-
treated steel parts or a ohenolic or fiberglas
fillers arises not only from design consider-
ations but frequently from manufacturing
between parts sometimes occurs in assembly
To prevent expensive re-work, structural fillers
must be used to make the spliced area adequate
In these cases detailed attention is necessary
in the occasional instances when floating
fillers cannot be avoided, the fasteners should
have quoted allowables well in excess of the
Shear being transferred locally, if the riller
is of Significant thickness It is common
practice also to use a donding agent (glue) in
addition to the fasteners in installing ?iliers
D3.6 Cut-outs in Webs or Skin Panels
The aircraft structure 1s continually
faced with requirements for opening up webs
and panels to provide access or to let other
members such as control rods, hyaraulic lines,
electrical wire bundiss, etc., pass through
The destgner or liaison engineer should be
familiar with some of the various methods of
providing structurally sound cut-outs
There are several ways of providing cut-
outs Three will be mentioned here These
are:
iding suitable framing members around the cut-out
Providing 2 doubler or “bent" where framing as in (a} cannot de done
which have published 2110wab1as
cussed in chapter on beam
T
wy ou
AS an example assume that a deam wed
requires a cut-out as shown in Fig C3.20,
Fig D3 20
Before the cut-out was made the members shown
by solid lines (flanges, stiffeners, weds) are present The members "a" and "b" are added to
frame the cut-out, as shown by the broken
lines
There are 2 ways to determine the loads
in the area framed around the cut-out The first is to assume a shear flow equal and opposite to that present with no cut-out (qd,
in the figure above) and determine the
corresponding balancing loads in the framed area Adding this load system to the original one will give the final leads and, of course,
q = 0 in the cut-out panel The other method
is to use standard procedures assuming the
shear to be carried in reascnable proportions
on each side of the cut-out The first method will ce illustrated here
All shear flows are the edge members (on the
in this discussion
shown as they act on
flanges and stiffeners}
If there were no cut-out there would be 2 constant shear flow, dg, in all of the panels,
equal and opposite to that in the center panel
of Fig (a) 1s applied to the center panel of
Before Cut-Out
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17/1686 {7/44 Ij'118qo- 1
Self- Balancing Internal Loads (Due
to Application of Equai and Opposite
do Assumed in the Cut-Out Panel)
(bì
P
°—y Ị l 9/16 gọ VÌ 1-1728 =——— aot 9/18 a0 + =— ¬=^~—P `
Go} <2 se { °
~—_ IV 9/T82o 0127/86
Pa Final Shear Flow PL
Distribution, (a) + (b)
(c)
Fig D3 21
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balancing lead system, no external reactions
outside of the framing areas are required
Tats is an important concept and the reader
These will add or subtract, depending upon their directions, to any loads
present before the cut-out was made
(as in the case of the beam flanges)
areas due to dg in (b) are next determined
To eliminate redundancies, it is usually
assumed that the seme shear flow exists in the
assumed that shear flows are the same in the
panels to the left and right of the cut-out
a}
s)
the shear flow in the panels above
and below the center panel must
statically balance the force due to
do, oF
Since IF, = 0, 40x%7 = 4x (5+3)
q = 7/8 I
the shear flows in the panels to the
left and right of the center panel
must also statically balance the
force due to qq
Since IFy = 0, 49x12 = ax (12+ 12)
q= 1⁄2 qo
the shear flows in the corner panels
must also balance the force due to
the shear flow in the (any) panel
between them Considering the panels
in the right hand bay
BF, = 0; 1/2 dg X7 = 9x (5+3)
1
2 3X”?
4 s“Cg—° Tạ % the final shear flows are gotten by
adding the values in (a) and (b)
(the cut-out) 15 q = 49 ~ dg =O,
as it should be
2 the shear flows above and below and to the left and rignt of the cut-out add, giving a number
greater than the original qo
4 the shear flows in the corner panels are smaller than the original value of do
This is the way the changes always
occur in the area framed about a cut-
out
Finally, and importantly, there are
axial loads developed in all of the
framing members due to the cut-out
The axial loads due to the
can be gotten from Fig (b)
total axial loads in all of the members
These are can be gotten from (c)
illustrated in Fig 03.22
cut-out
P<P, -L2"x1g4o 7 P^P, +12"xïg đọ
—
Pa giên l1-8q l9 l6qg `
Axial Load Distribution in Upper Flange from Fig D3 21¢
fa)
Pa 2X Pxà 2 (1-1/2 9 -
Axial Load Distribution in Framing Member Above Cut-Out Obtained from
D3.21e (Same Result Could be Gotten from Fig D3 21b)
(b)
9/1640 | [1-1/8
PL =8"x(1-1/8qg~ 9/16 a9)
3/46 qu|Ù , „ „z4 SoŸ`1-1/8qo
Axtal Load Distribution in Stiffener Bordering Cut-Out on Left Side, from Fig D3 2ic (Same Result Obtained from D3, 21b}
Fig D3 22 Once the internal loads are known, the members can be checked for strength
Tne cut-out could have been framed without extending the framing members into
case is tllustrated in Fig 03.23
Had the 7" deep cut-out veen required at the 5ottom of bay, the framing could have
preceding cases a1s0) as illustrated in Flg
p3.24 This represents the minimum
adequate framing for any cut-out 7
there must be a minimum of one redis
of nat is, tribution
bay on one side of the cut-out and at least
‘two redistribution bays on the other side,
ane there must be the framing members de- fining the days
Note that in the previous examples in
Case (b) the sum of the loads on all edge members (framing members) is Zero
loads are needed for equilicrium 7
No external nis is
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Pa ty it Joe it aio 1 | PL in Fig DS.25
ao HR do dt G0, il đọ I 20 — = 1 Ps
2 = II
' \A =) | yuggh © %
fF Teas Pea I 0 | v
Fig D3, 25
P, ° \ = == = PL A8 shown in (a) the doubler whose thickness ts
keep stresses due to curved beam bending
(c} Final Distribution
Fig D3 24
always the case when a set of self-balancing
shear flows are applied to a flat panel
structure or to 4 3 dimensional box structure
with 2 cut-out on any Side The reader should
study the examples closely Although the
method is shown only for a ‘let beam it is
also applicable to any structure with a cut-out,
has actually been illustrated in Solution No &
of that article and the reader should review
it at this time
Sometimes framing 7 ars for a cut-out
are not conveniently available as were the
stiffeners and flanges of the beam used in the
previous examples In such cases they must,
of course, be provided
(0) Framing Cut-Outs with Doublers or Bents
Frequently a cut-out in the web of 4 beam must be so deep that it removes nearly all of
she web In this case the method previously
forces” approach is necessary and a heavy
doubler, or bent, is provided around the
cut-out to carry the shear This is illustrated
flow in the web
The
Strictly speaking, the doubler should be
analyzed as a frame With reasonable symmetry
the loading in (c} can be assumed at the
the total shear, q, x h/2 is resisted in the
top of the frame, one half in the bottom and
a pin joint (no bending moment) exists at the
cut The bending moment axial loads and shears
at any section of the frame follow as a matter
of statics For example,
At A-A,
(there may also be a little relieving motient due to do)
Fy = do X Z The thickness of doubler required to take the
loads can thus be determined using standard methods of stress analysis Tne doubler
should have sufficient out of plane stiffness,
also, to provide simple support for the beam
web, as discussed in Chapter ClO This will
normally be provided oy the thickness required for strength purposes
Sometimes the nature of the cut-out is such that the frame (doubler) can be deeper
In such a case, the
at the top (or bottom)