Design Aid for Triangular Bracket Plates Using AISC Specifications

This paper presents a model to determine the nominal strength of a triangular steel bracket plate using the column strength equations in AISC Specification. Also included are two design tables for such bracket plates for two grades of steel. The nominal strengths obtained by using the relations developed by the authors are compared with the available experimental results and results from other available theoretical approaches. The authors' approach predicts results closer to the experimental results than the other theoretical approaches. Two example problems are worked to illustrate the use of the design tables.