2014 Volume 79 Issue 706 Pages 1931-1940
A new type of beam-to-column connection, named the "web-clamped connection", has been proposed by the authors as an alternative to conventional welded connections. This connection is designed to transfer all the stress from the beam to the column via the specially designed attachments and the shear plate. In this paper, the internal stress distribution in the attachments and the shear plate is numerically investigated to clarify the internal force transfer mechanism in this connection. A parametric study of the connection is carried out through finite element simulations with various strength ratio of the panel zone strength to the attachment strength. The results show that both bending moment and shear force are mainly transferred by the attachments whether the connection has the shear plate or not.
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