WELDED INTERIOR BEAM-TO-COLUMN CONNECTIONS TRANSFER OF STRESSES IN WELDED COVER PLATES A SURVEY OF LITERATURE ON THE LATERAL INSTABILITY OF BEAMS (To Purchase Call 1-800-854-7179 USA/Canada or 303-397-7956 Worldwide)
Previous research on beam-to-column connections has not been carried to the point where definite conclusions@ suitable for the designer@ can be reached. In particular@ information is lacking on the criteria for the need of column stiffening and on the criteria for designing it when it is needed. Information is also lacking concerning the moment-rotation capacity of a connection and concerning the effect on connections of beams framing into the column web as occurs in four-way connections.