Knee brace to beam to beam connection
Knee brace to beam to beam connection
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I have a beam spanning into a beam perpendicular to it. I also have a knee brace where the workpoint is at the center of the perpendicular beam. Does anyone have a standard detail on how to connect the knee brace in such a way as to have the workpoint at the center of the perpendicular beam?
Thanks all!
I have a beam spanning into a beam perpendicular to it. I also have a knee brace where the workpoint is at the center of the perpendicular beam. Does anyone have a standard detail on how to connect the knee brace in such a way as to have the workpoint at the center of the perpendicular beam?
Thanks all!
Clansman
If a builder has built a house for a man and has not made his work sound, and the house which he has built has fallen down and so caused the death of the householder, that builder shall be put to death." Code of Hammurabi, c.2040 B.C.






RE: Knee brace to beam to beam connection
RE: Knee brace to beam to beam connection
Anything extra I need to account for except for the added shear to the bolts on my shear tab (beam to beam conn.)?
Clansman
If a builder has built a house for a man and has not made his work sound, and the house which he has built has fallen down and so caused the death of the householder, that builder shall be put to death." Code of Hammurabi, c.2040 B.C.
RE: Knee brace to beam to beam connection
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RE: Knee brace to beam to beam connection
A knee brace from my side of the woods is a short strut from column to beam to stiffen the beam to column connection.
RE: Knee brace to beam to beam connection
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RE: Knee brace to beam to beam connection
I am assuming that the "knee brace" supports the beam that is into the page. I don't care for this connection. The supported beam forces a moment into the shear tab connection and a guaranteed twist. At the very least, the shear tab should be full depth engaging both flanges thereby saving the beam web and preventing a twist of the beam. I would prefer to make the beam across the page as the through member. The beam into the page should frame into it.
If the beam into the page supports the other, then my answer is different.
RE: Knee brace to beam to beam connection