HSS Beam to HSS Column High Shear Load Connection

References

Ericksen, Jason, et. al HSS Design Manual, Volume 3: Connections at HSS Members, 2016. p. 3-5.63, example 3-5.11

Details

From the reference:

HSS beam to HSS column, with a stiffened plate high shear load connection.

Results

Capacity	RAM Connection	Reference	Difference
Local web yielding	267.08	356	[1]
Local web crippling	360.67	587	[2]
Induced moment	938	938	0
Shear yielding on stiffeners	375	375	0
Shear rupture on stiffeners	366	366	0
Combined stress on stiffeners	45	45	0
Stiffener to column welds	342	342	0

Known differences :

For all capacities, the wall thickness used in the software is the exact value from the databases : 0.465 [in] instead assumed 0.5 [in], producing different results, more conservative and exact.

[1] The bearing length should be 4 [in] but the example value is 5.75 [in] without any reference.

[2] The bearing length should be 4 [in] and the software uses updated equation with different values and parameters.