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Chapter 1 Design <strong>of</strong> steel structures <strong>with</strong> Eurocode 3<br />

a) Shear forces in web panel b) Connections, <strong>with</strong> forces <strong>and</strong> moments in beams<br />

20<br />

Fig. 1.15: Forces <strong>and</strong> moments acting on the web panel at the connections<br />

x<br />

1<br />

N b2,Ed<br />

M b2,Ed<br />

V b2,Ed<br />

Single-sided joint configuration Double-sided joint configuration<br />

1 Joint<br />

2 Joint 2: left side<br />

3 Joint 1: right side<br />

Fig. 1.16: Modeling the joint<br />

Type <strong>of</strong> joint configuration Action Value <strong>of</strong> β<br />

2<br />

Mb1,Ed<br />

x x<br />

Mb1,Ed = Mb2,Ed<br />

3<br />

β ≈ 1<br />

β = 0 *)<br />

Mb1,Ed / Mb2,Ed > 0 β ≈ 1<br />

Mb1,Ed / Mb2,Ed < 0 β ≈ 2<br />

Mb1,Ed + Mb2,Ed = 0 β ≈ 2<br />

*) In this case the value <strong>of</strong> β is the exact value rather than an approximation.<br />

V b1,Ed<br />

Table 1.11: Approximate values for the transformation parameter β<br />

N b1,Ed<br />

M b1,Ed

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