Aluminium shear-links for enhanced seismic resistance

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 315-342

  Rai, Durgesh C ^a,c   Wallace, Benjamin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Bracing; Earthquake resistant; Shear link

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM BEAMS AND GIRDERS; BUCKLING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HYSTERESIS; SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN RATE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; YIELD STRESS;

ALUMINUM SHEAR LINKS; BRACING;

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE;

EID: 0032050264     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9845(199804)27:4<315::AID-EQE703>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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