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 Shop-Welded End Plate | Field-Bolted Girder to Column

§ The end plate is pre-drilled and shop-welded

to the end of the girder.

§ The corresponding holes in the column flange

are pre-drilled.

§ The two transverse stiffener plates are shop-

welded to secure the column flanges against
the load transferred from the girder flanges.

§ Extended end-plate connections require

tight fabrication and erection tolerances.

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§ Extended end plate prevents rotation and thus
transfers moment forces to the column, which
makes this a moment connection.

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 Shop-Welded Plate | Field-Bolted Girder to Column

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 Field-Bolted Moment Splice | Girder to Girder or Column Connection

§ All holes in this connection are

pre-drilled in the shop.

§ The web and flanges of each girder

are pre-drilled.

§ (2) Shear plates are field-bolted in

each side of the webs.
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other are responsible for transferring shear.

§ Pre-drilled flange plates are field-bolted to

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the top and bottom flanges.

§ The flange plates are responsible for transferring

bending moments across the connection.

§ The bolts fastening the web plates

are in double shear.

§ The flange plates prohibit any rotation

and so this is a moment connection.

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 Field-Bolted Moment Splice | Girder to Girder or Column Connection

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 Shop-Welded or Shop Bolted Splice | Connecting Two Different Columns

§ The plates are pre-punched and then shop-welded

to the lower (larger) column.

§ The flange splice plates are field-bolted together.

§ If the two columns have the same depth, but different flange thickness,
then a filler plate or shim is used to make up the difference in thickness.

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 Shop-Welded or Shop Bolted Splice | Connecting Two Different Size Columns

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 Field - Welded Column Splice

§ A temporary plate or erection aid

is either welded or bolted to the
web and / or flange of the lower
(larger) column in the shop.

§ Flange plates may also be

required for stability of the
column during erection.

§ This plate helps align the upper

and lower columns.
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§ The upper and lower columns they extend over 2 or more stories
may be of different sizes.

§ The flanges and webs of the

two columns are field- welded
to each other.

§ This type of weld is called a

groove weld.

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 Shop-Welded, Field - Bolted Column Splice

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