Behaviour of flush end-plate composite connections with unbalanced moment and variable shear/moment ratios - I. Experimental behaviour

Journal of Constructional Steel Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-164

  Li, T Q ^a   Nethercot, D A ^a   Choo, B S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; BOLTS; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DEFORMATION; LOADS (FORCES); STEEL; STRAIN; STRESSES;

FLUSH END PLATE COMPOSITE CONNECTIONS; SHEAR MOMENT RATIOS;

CONNECTORS (STRUCTURAL);

EID: 0030172118     PISSN: 0143974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0143-974X(96)00015-6     Document Type: Article

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