Probabilistic modeling of steel moment frames with welded connections

Engineering Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 121-128

  Song, Jianlin ^a   Ellingwood, Bruce R ^b  

^a Applied Insurance Research   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; SAFETY FACTOR; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

NONLINEAR DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; PROBABILISTIC MODEL; STEEL MOMENT FRAMES; STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING; STRUCTURAL RESISTANCE; WELD FRACTURES; WELDED CONNECTIONS;

WELDED STEEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 0033316527     PISSN: 00138029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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