The beam-column connection, a critical component in frame structures, transfers bending moments and shear forces between beams and columns. Prior to the Northridge earthquake, welded connections ...

Q. I'm getting ready to build a large room addition that needs a beam to support the floor joists. I've been told that a wood beam will work, but I've always seen steel I-beams in other houses. Is it ...

To solve the problem of insufficient development of prefabricated rectangular hollow section (RHS) beam-column joints, a new type of prefabricated joint (UT-type ...