Fracture of steel moment connections in the Northridge earthquake

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Structures and Buildings

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 209-217

  Ojdrovic, R P ^a   Zarghamee, M S ^a  

^a SIMPSON GUMPERTZ AND HEGER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CRACKS; DYNAMIC LOADS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INSPECTION; MECHANICAL TESTING; REPAIR; STEEL STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

CHARPY V NOTCH TESTS; MAGNETIC PARTICLE TESTING; NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC LOAD; STEEL MOMENT CONNECTIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; TOUGHNESS TESTING; ULTRASONIC TESTING; WEBS;

JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0031146280     PISSN: 09650911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/istbu.1997.29310     Document Type: Article

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