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Dynamic Testing of Driven Piles

by Van Komurka on October 13, 2015

As a continuing service to our clients, Atlas Tube routinely enlists the services of industry leaders in matters related to driven pipe piles. This is the fourth in a series of topics provided at our request by Wagner Komurka Geotechnical Group, Inc. Dynamic testing of driven piles...

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HSS Connections: The Top Things You Should Know Part 2

by Jelani Rucker on June 17, 2015

Okay. Moment connections is kind of like the big one when people start talking about HSS. I mentioned prequalified moment connections. There is this book, if you will, called "The Prequalified Connections for Special and Intermediate Steel Moment Frames for Seismic Applications," or, as we call it, 358. That is basically a listing of connections...

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HSS Connections: The Top Things You Should Know Part 1

by Jelani Rucker on June 17, 2015

Part I of the top things you should know about HSS connections. Now we're going to talk about HSS connections. We're going to focus on ten things you should know about HSS connections. We're going to talk about a couple different subjects, more than ten, less than ten, however you look at it; but we're basically going to be talking about...

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Introduction to HSS Connections (Hollow Structural Sections)

by Jelani Rucker on June 17, 2015

Hi, I'm Brad Fletcher. I'm structural engineer with Atlas Tube, and today I'm continuing on with our video series on designing with hallow structural sections. And today we're going to talk about connections. But first let's kind of review and talk about what hollow structural settings are. Now, tube-like structures are a naturally occurr...

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HSS Showdown: ASTM A1085 vs ASTM A500

by Bradlee Fletcher on May 15, 2015

Although it’s been around for a couple years, there's still a great deal of unfamiliarity surrounding the ASTM A1085 HSS spec. In an effort to continue to educate engineers about the applications and benefits of HSS (and that really is our mission at Atlas Tube), let’s compare a few of the properties that set ASTM A1085 apart from ASTM A500- 23...

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