Thank you everyone...I'm planning on requiring a bolted connection for the W30, for all the other beams I will allow welded but with no more than 2x the weld size return as per AISC. I think the return will help with the stress at the ed of the weld. Any comments on whether the shear plate is...
Sorry the studs are only 5" long and we can't bolt them any more because the holes dom't fit since the wall has moved in.
thanks SEIT..how about I spec. that they only weld the vertical leg of the angle to the beam web. There is sufficient capacity in the vertical welds to hold.
I have searched but no real answer. We traditionally use 3/4" embedded plates with 1"x7" studs embedded into the 8" concrete to attach steel beams to the concrete walls. The problem is the connection from the steel beam to the plate. The concrete walls were moved in by 2 inches so we want to...
