Directions of Force Action in Individual Connection Types

The images below show forces occurring in steel connections, as well as directions of force operation for all connection types available within Robot.

CONNECTION TYPE

DIRECTIONS OF FORCE OPERATION WITHIN CONNECTION

beam-beam, frame knee, column-beam, column-beam (two-sided)

angle connection

gusset plate: single bar

gusset plate: internal node

gusset plate: truss chord node

fixed column base

pinned column base

pipe connection

beam splice

Beam Splice

Forces

column splice

Column Splice


end plate splice connection