It is normal practice to stiffen the End Plate Type connection for H-beam to S.H.S. column joint with diaphragm. The draw back of the diaphragm stiffened connection is that it need complicated work. Therefore, it becomes increasingly necessary to deve...
It is normal practice to stiffen the End Plate Type connection for H-beam to S.H.S. column joint with diaphragm. The draw back of the diaphragm stiffened connection is that it need complicated work. Therefore, it becomes increasingly necessary to develop the End Plate Type connection without diaphragm in order to apply light weight building structures, This paper presents an experiments study for the End Plate Type connection for the H-beam to S.H.S. column joints. Two types of connection without diaphragm, (the one is the normal end plate connection and the other is the end plate connection stiffened with plug weld), have been tested to compare the characteristics of flexural behavior. The test results are compared with the results of numerical analysis by ABAQUS. As a result, the study show that, without the diaphram, the end plate connection could be properly stiffened by selecting the appropriate size of end plate and plug weld.