This criterion is used to calculate with a single call three connection failure criteria: sliding, gapping and insert. The calculation is done by calculating strength ratios. The relation between strength ratio, reserve factor and margin of safety is as follows:
In this case, three strength ratios are calculated:
in which is the friction coefficient between assembled elements and is an estimate of the minimum possible pretension of the bolt.
in which is a parameter that allows to take into account the prying effect related to the bending moment in the connection and is an estimate of the minimum possible pretension of the bolt.
In which “PSS” is the axial allowable of the insert and “QSS” is its shear allowable.
In these expressions, various scalar values related to the connection force and moment vectors are calculated:
The arguments of the criterion are given in Table X.D.9:
The method returns an Array of 15 elements (5 elements for each criterion):
If the sliding safety factor is negative, the criterion is not calculated, and 5 “FALSE” Booleans are returned.
If the gapping safety factor is negative, the criterion is not calculated, and 5 “FALSE” Booleans are returned.
If the gapping safety factor is negative, the criterion is not calculated, and 5 “FALSE” Booleans are returned.
Pos. | Name | Type | meaning | can be modified? |
1 | dB | DataBase | DataBase (or derived) | NO |
2 | extractionMethod | String | Forces and Moments extraction method | NO |
3 | fRes | Result | Vectorial Forces | YES |
4 | mRes | Result | Vectorial Moments | YES |
5 | csId | String/Integer | Reference coordinate system | NO |
6 | vx | Real | X component of connection axis vector | NO |
7 | vy | Real | Y component of connection axis vector | NO |
8 | vz | Real | Z component of connection axis vector | NO |
9 | FoSs | Real | Sliding criterion safety factor | NO |
10 | FoSg | Real | Gapping criterion safety factor | NO |
11 | FoSi | Real | Insert criterion safety factor | NO |
12 | Pmin | Real | Bolt minimum pretension for sliding or gapping | NO |
13 | Cf | Real | Friction coefficient for sliding criterion | NO |
14 | Lg | Real | Prying length for gapping criterion | NO |
15 | PSS | Real | Insert tensile allowable | NO |
16 | QSS | Real | Insert shear allowable | NO |
Pos. | Name | Type | meaning |
1 | ssrMax | Real/Boolean | Maximum Strength Ratio (for sliding) |
2 | ENId | Integer/Boolean | Critical Element/Node ID (for sliding) |
3 | sfAxialMax | Real/Boolean | Axial force in critical connection (for sliding) |
4 | sfShearMax | Real/Boolean | Shear force in critical connection (for sliding) |
5 | ssrRes | Result/Boolean | All the strength ratios (for sliding) |
6 | gsrMax | Real/Boolean | Maximum Strength Ratio (for gapping) |
7 | ENId | Integer/Boolean | Critical Element/Node ID (for gapping) |
8 | gfAxialMax | Real/Boolean | Axial force in critical connection (for gapping) |
9 | gmBendingMax | Real/Boolean | Bending moment in critical connection (for gapping) |
10 | gsrRes | Result/Boolean | All the strength ratios (for gapping) |
11 | isrMax | Real/Boolean | Maximum Strength Ratio (for inserts) |
12 | ENId | Integer/Boolean | Critical Element/Node ID (for inserts) |
13 | ifAxialMax | Real/Boolean | Axial force in critical connection (for inserts) |
14 | ifShearMax | Real/Boolean | Shear force in critical connection (for inserts) |
15 | isrRes | Result/Boolean | All the strength ratios (for inserts) |