> The way you describe it, I think it would be double shear on the bolt
> values with the steel plate as the main member and half the glb minus
> the plate as the side member, but I may be missing something.
>
> Jason
>
>
>
What you described is correct. I have a spreadsheet for calculating the
allowable shear values but don't trust the results.
i was trying to use the published NDS values.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Drew Morris [mailto:dmorris@bbfm.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 12:01 PM
> To: SEAINT
> Subject: knife plate in glulams
>
> I am designing some connections of glulam beam trusses to steel W
> beams. I have a knife plate with holes pre-drilled welded/bolted to the
>
> steel beam and then the glulam chord is slotted to fit over the knife
> plate and bolted. What allowable values do I use from the NDS? The
> knife plate is in the middle, so can I use the values for single shear
> for a steel plate bolted to half the width of the glulam times 2 sides?
>
>
>
>
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