HSS beam to Wide flange column web connection
HSS beam to Wide flange column web connection
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I need to design a HSS beam to Wide flange column connection. Beam frames in to the web of the column. It is a shear connection.
Any suggestions for the type of connections that can be used.
Thanks.
Any suggestions for the type of connections that can be used.
Thanks.





RE: HSS beam to Wide flange column web connection
RE: HSS beam to Wide flange column web connection
If you will have difficulty erecting the tube (between the flanges) then I would weld a flat plate across the column flanges to mate with end plate on the tube.
RE: HSS beam to Wide flange column web connection
We did a detail similar to the 2nd option suggested by jike.
RE: HSS beam to Wide flange column web connection
Just for the sake of discussion mystruct, I think detail by asixth is also cool, and if you remove his stiffeners(top and bottom plates) it becomes a simple shear tab. You can check if stiffeners are necessary or not by simple check(see blodgett)
Shear tabs eliminate drilling into the webs of columns and can be used when beams frame from both sides of the column web. And there will be a lot of maneuvering space during erection work
respects
ijr
RE: HSS beam to Wide flange column web connection
The end plate connect is easier and cheaper to fabricate. But creates a fixed connection.