Design of Steel Structures, 3rd Edition by Pearson

10

CONNECTIONS

10.1 INTRODUCTION

Nowadays, most of the connections in steel structures are carried out using welding, since it is very efficient and economical. It does not require any holes to be made in the members to be connected and it can be dispensed with extra materials like plates and angles. However, bolted connections have certain advantages over welded connections even though they require holes to be made in the parts to be connected. The foremost of these advantages is the ease with which the bolted connections can be made especially in the field since doing quality welding in the field during erection is very difficult. The problems of misalignment and misfit between the connecting parts during erection can be easily overcome with ...