Tubular beam with mechanically fastened end plates

A tubular beam with at least one mechanically fastened end plate for construction of structures, comprising:

• a tubular member having at least three side walls, a plurality of hand openings formed through at least one of said three side walls, each one of said plurality of hand openings is adapted to allow a hand to pass therethrough, a plurality of beam fastening holes are formed through at least one of said three side walls, a fastener gusset is formed in all inner corners of said tubular member, a blind fastener hole is formed in at least one end of said fastener gusset;
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• at least one mechanically fastened end plate includes a plurality of plate fastening holes, a plate fastener hole is formed in each corner of said mechanically fastened end plate;
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• a plurality of fasteners are inserted through said plurality of plate fastener holes and secured in said plurality of blind fastener holes.

A tubular beam with at least one mechanically fastened end plate for construction of structures, comprising:

• a tubular member having at least three side walls, a plurality of hand openings formed through at least one of said three side walls, each one of said plurality of hand openings is adapted to allow a hand to pass therethrough, a plurality of beam fastening holes are formed through at least one of said three side walls, a plurality of perpendicular fastener holes are formed through at least two side walls on at least one end of said tubular member, a fastener gusset is formed in all inner corners of said tubular member, a blind fastener hole is formed in at least one end of said fastener gusset;
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• at least one mechanically fastened end plate includes a plurality of plate fastening holes, a perimeter of said at least one mechanically fastened end plate is sized to be received by an inner perimeter of said tubular member, a plurality of blind fastener holes are formed in at least two sides of said at least one mechanically fastened end plate, a plurality of perpendicular fasteners are inserted through said plurality of perpendicular fastener holes and secured in said plurality of blind fastener holes, a plate tab extends from each corner of said at least one mechanically fastened end plate, a parallel fastener hole is formed through each said plate tab to receive a plurality of parallel fasteners, a tab notch is formed in each corner of said tubular member to provide clearance for said end plate tab.