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Bottom Flange Connection

Bottom Flange Connection

Bottom Flange Connection

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What are your opinions on underhung, or bottom flange connections?

Is it acceptable to support a beam by a column that is supported or hung from the bottom flange of a beam above?

Thank you!

RE: Bottom Flange Connection

If I understand correctly, you are hanging something on the bottom flange of a beam. Make sure you check the flange local bending and web local yielding of the supporting beam --- in addition to the overall capacity.

RE: Bottom Flange Connection

This would be chapter K of the AISC specification.  With hanger-type structures, add an additional factor for impact or hanger loading as it is not redundant.

RE: Bottom Flange Connection

Yes it is acceptable if I understand you correctly. I would not call i t a column tho, I would call it a hanger. Also when you have connections like that, pay close attention to the prying action of the hanger connection on both ends.

By the way, I have designed an entire mezzanine without any column because the client wanted a clear open floor free of columns. I had to suspend the entire mezzanine floor from the rood structure above.

Good luck.

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