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HSS Connection Design Software Capabilities in 2025

Hollow Structural Sections

Designing connections with Hollow Structural Section (HSS) members involves navigating numerous limit states, making software tool…

HSS Splice Design – Part 2: Simplifying HSS Field Splices with One-Sided Bolting - thumbnail

HSS Splice Design – Part 2: Simplifying HSS Field Splices With One-Sided Bolting

Hollow Structural Sections

One-sided bolting offers an efficient alternative to field welding, helping streamline erection and reduce labor in HSS splices. T…

Rendering of an internal HSS splice.

HSS Splice Design Examples: One-Sided Bolting

Hollow Structural Sections

If you’re working on HSS splice connections, the resources below provide practical, real-world examples and detail drawings on o…

HSS Brace Connections to HSS Column and WF Beam - cover thumbnail

HSS Insider – August 2025 – HSS Brace Connections to HSS Column to WF Beam

Hollow Structural Sections

This HSS Insider issue features new resources to support your HSS connection design including a step-by-step HSS brace connection …

STI HSS Reference Guide 5 cover tn 650x375 1 HSS Reference Guide No. 5: HSS Brace to HSS Column Connections

HSS Reference Guide No. 5: HSS Brace to HSS Column Connections

Hollow Structural Sections

Reference Guide No 5 features key resources to support HSS connection design. This PDF includes design guides, technical articles,…

HSS Brace Connections to HSS Column and WF Beam - cover thumbnail

HSS Brace Connections to HSS Column and WF Beam

Hollow Structural Sections

Explore a detailed example of an HSS brace-to-HSS column-to-WF beam connection that walks through the full design process—includ…

Beyond the HSS Limits of Applicability article cover

HSS Insider – July 2025 – HSS Moment Connections – Transverse Flange Plate Example

Hollow Structural Sections

In this issue of the HSS Insider, we focus on practical strategies for designing moment connections between wide-flange beams and …

STI HSS Reference Guide 2 cover tn 650x375 1 HSS Reference Guides

HSS Reference Guides

Hollow Structural Sections

STI’s HSS Reference Guides offer a curated collection of resources—including design manuals, articles, interviews, webinars, s…

WF-to-HSS Moment Connection Using Transverse Flange Plates - cover thumbnail

HSS Moment Connections Design Examples: Transverse Flange Plates

Hollow Structural Sections

This article provides an in-depth design example for a common moment connection between a wide flange beam and an HSS column using…

Weld Calculations Made Simple: Checking HSS Welds Using STI’s Effective Weld Length Calculator - cover thumbnail

Weld Calculations Made Simple: Checking HSS Welds Using STI’s Effective Weld Length Calculator

Hollow Structural Sections

The Steel Tube Institute offers a convenient online tool to assist in determining the effective weld lengths for elements connecte…

HSS Articles Authored by Dr. Jeffrey A. Packer

An international authority and a leading expert in the field of tubular steel structures. Dr. Jeffrey A. Packer has contributed several technical articles on behalf of STI to assist practicing engineers and architects in HSS design.

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