Longitudinal Plate and Through Plate-to-Hollow Structural Section Welded Connections
Publication: Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 129, Issue 4
Abstract
A longitudinal branch plate-to-rectangular hollow structural section (HSS) member connection tends to cause excessive distortion of the HSS connecting face. Such a connection therefore results in a relatively low, deformation limit state, design resistance. A “through” branch plate connection that extends through both walls of the rectangular HSS member can be used to increase the design resistance of a standard longitudinal branch plate connection. The results of an experimental test program and a corresponding numerical study, using the finite-element method on longitudinal and corresponding through branch plate-to-HSS connections are presented in this paper. The strength and behavior of longitudinal versus through branch plate-to-HSS connections is henceforth determined and a unified limit states design (LRFD) procedure for these cognate connections is proposed.
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Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 129 • Issue 4 • April 2003
Pages: 478 - 486
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Copyright © 2003 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Dec 12, 2001
Accepted: Jun 4, 2002
Published online: Mar 14, 2003
Published in print: Apr 2003
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