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Hello,
I think you meant plate girder and flange angles.
So the rivets connecting flange angles to cover plates in a plate girder are subject to-Horizontal shear only.
This is because in plate girders are designed in such a way that they resist shear force.this stress produce vertical and horizontal shears and hence flange is connected by rivets in web formation,hence rivets are designed for horizontal shear.
Hope this helps.




