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Design of Single Plate Framing Connections

Astaneh-Asl, Abolhassan

UCB/SEMM-1988/12, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1988-07, 159 pages (500/C23/88/12)

Three full scale tests were performed to determine the behavior of single plate framing connections subjected to loading requirements accurately representing the actual behavior of a steel structure. A combination of moment, shear and rotation was applied to each connection. This combination reproduces the behavior of a pin connected steel beam as it forms a plastic hinge at midspan. A design procedure that will allow for the determination of plate, weld and bolt geometry was developed. Several example of this design procedure are presented.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-88-12.pdf (4 MB)