Structural · S-Q8X22

Beam Web Doubler Plate and Gusset Plate Connection Details

Materials

Steel

Elements

Beams Connections / Plates

Connections

Shear Tab / Single Plate Gusset Plate Welded Connection

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A beam web doubler plate and gusset plate connection assembly features a doubler plate centered on the gusset plate and welded to the beam web using groove welds compliant with AWS D1.8 Clause 4.3. Fillet welds of five-sixteenths inch are specified for plate thicknesses under one and one-quarter inches, and seven-sixteenths inch for thicknesses under two inches. Section views show the beam web, doubler plate, and full-height shear tab or stiffener plate joined with complete joint penetration welds typically along the edge.

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