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Brett, Here is a cross-section of the connection. ------------------------------ Craig Smallegan EIT, A.M.ASCE Design Engineer Leesburg IN ------------------------------

Chad, The two things on why we feel more comfortable with using double shear on the plates ONLY are: These are tension only members so there are no concerns about buckling. There are multiple rows of bolts on the corrugations. So some bolts are: Metal, Metal, Gap, Metal. With other bolts ...

This is more or less where we ended up as well. The other PE's and SE's in the office conservatively used single shear in this application. However we all believe that testing would likely result in a larger load than just single shear. In the end I feel like the bolts themselves and the quantity for ...

Got into a discussion around the office yesterday about single vs. double shear on bolts. It's usually quite straight forward, but what if the center piece of the connection is corrugated? On the global scale, it is still in double shear since there are two outer flat plates pulling one direction and ...

Good question! I happen to work in the grain industry where we design and manufacture cylindrical ground-supported tanks. There's been a lot research done by Ray Bucklin at the University of Florida on the subject. You may want to look through some of his work. We have traditionally used some of his ...