Collapse behaviour of sway frames with end-plate connections

Journal of Constructional Steel Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 169-188

  Yu, C H ^a   Liew, J Y Richard ^a   Shanmugam, N E ^a   Ng, Y H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

End plate connections; Load deflection; Moment rotation; Semi rigid; Sway frams; Ultimate load

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); DEFORMATION; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

END-PLATE CONNECTIONS; ULTIMATE LOADS;

STEEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 0032208862     PISSN: 0143974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-974X(98)00201-6     Document Type: Article

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