Large-scale seismic testing of knee-brace-frame

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-18

  Balendra, T ^a,c   Lim, E L ^b   Liaw, C Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b APG GEO SYSTEMS Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

^c ASCE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; DUCTILITY; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; HYSTERESIS; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR STRESS; STIFFNESS; STRAIN RATE; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TORSIONAL STRESS;

BILINEAR HYSTERETIC CURVE; KNEE BRACE FRAME (KBF); SHEAR YIELDING KNEE;

STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

EID: 0030736495     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(asce)0733-9445(1997)123:1(11)     Document Type: Article

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