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Filler Plate For Joint

The document outlines requirements for fillers in welded and bolted connections, specifying that fillers must conform to certain thickness standards and welding requirements to effectively transfer applied forces. For welded connections, thin fillers must be flush with the edge and thick fillers must extend beyond the edges, while bolted connections have specific shear strength calculations based on filler thickness. Additionally, it addresses the strength development requirements for groove-welded splices in plate girders and beams.

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Filler Plate For Joint

The document outlines requirements for fillers in welded and bolted connections, specifying that fillers must conform to certain thickness standards and welding requirements to effectively transfer applied forces. For welded connections, thin fillers must be flush with the edge and thick fillers must extend beyond the edges, while bolted connections have specific shear strength calculations based on filler thickness. Additionally, it addresses the strength development requirements for groove-welded splices in plate girders and beams.

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Sect. J6.] SPLICES 16.

1-139

J5. FILLERS
1. Fillers in Welded Connections
Whenever it is necessary to use fillers in joints required to transfer applied force, the
fillers and the connecting welds shall conform to the requirements of Section J5.1a
or Section J5.1b, as applicable.
1a. Thin Fillers
Fillers less than 1/4 in. (6 mm) thick shall not be used to transfer stress. When the
thickness of the fillers is less than 1/4 in. (6 mm), or when the thickness of the filler
is 1/4 in. (6 mm) or greater but not sufficient to transfer the applied force between the
connected parts, the filler shall be kept flush with the edge of the outside connected
part, and the size of the weld shall be increased over the required size by an amount
equal to the thickness of the filler.
1b. Thick Fillers
When the thickness of the fillers is sufficient to transfer the applied force between the
connected parts, the filler shall extend beyond the edges of the outside connected
base metal. The welds joining the outside connected base metal to the filler shall be
sufficient to transmit the force to the filler and the area subjected to the applied force
in the filler shall be sufficient to prevent overstressing the filler. The welds joining
the filler to the inside connected base metal shall be sufficient to transmit the applied
force.

2. Fillers in Bolted Bearing-Type Connections


When a bolt that carries load passes through fillers that are equal to or less than 1/4
in. (6 mm) thick, the shear strength shall be used without reduction. When a bolt that
carries load passes through fillers that are greater than 1/4 in. (6 mm) thick, one of the
following requirements shall apply:
(a) The shear strength of the bolts shall be multiplied by the factor
1 0.4(t 0.25)
1 0.0154(t 6) (S.I.)
but not less than 0.85, where t is the total thickness of the fillers.
(b) The fillers shall be welded or extended beyond the joint and bolted to uniformly
distribute the total force in the connected element over the combined cross sec-
tion of the connected element and the fillers.
(c) The size of the joint shall be increased to accommodate a number of bolts that is
equivalent to the total number required in (b).

J6. SPLICES
Groove-welded splices in plate girders and beams shall develop the nominal strength
of the smaller spliced section. Other types of splices in cross sections of plate girders
and beams shall develop the strength required by the forces at the point of the splice.

Specification for Structural Steel Buildings, July 7, 2016


AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION

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