W-shape beam to HSS Column moment Connection
W-shape beam to HSS Column moment Connection
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Does anyone have a reference for a w-shape beam to hss column moment connection? AISC said that they had one, but it is out of print now. It is included in the new steel manual but that's not availble until February, which is too far away. Please advise. Thanks.






RE: W-shape beam to HSS Column moment Connection
I have had to use this kind of moment connection before. In the above book they do have a couple of ways of doing it. One of the ways, and the way that I used is to weld Tee stubs to the tube column and then to bolt the stems to the beam flange. They also have end plate moment connections, and directly welded connections. I favored the tee stub because I thought it was more forgiving of column placement tollerances, but I'm sure that the end plate can work fine too.
Try to get the above book, it goes through solved examples of various ways to connect wf beams to tube columns for a moment connection. Maybe a local college has a copy in their library.
RE: W-shape beam to HSS Column moment Connection
RE: W-shape beam to HSS Column moment Connection
RE: W-shape beam to HSS Column moment Connection
Some ideas there.