Flush beam connections with end plates
Steel components in bending ? Beam joints. Component method

Beam continuity is often achieved using bolted end plate connections: a plate is welded to the web and flanges of each beam, then the two plates are bolted together.

Bolts may or may not be prestressed. Prior to the adoption of the Eurocodes, French practice was to use prestressed bolts (type HR) in accordance with standard NF P 22-460, which clearly dealt with embeddings and prestressed bolts. Since the Eurocode no longer makes any...