Repair of existing Steel Moment Frame Buildings damaged from earthquakes using fracture tough weld overlays

Engineering Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 145-159

  Simon, Warner ^a   Anderson, James ^b   Compton, Jack ^c   Hayes, Walter ^d   Maranian, Peter ^e  

^a Sitech Ltd   (United States)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

^c California Consortium for Engineering Advances in Technological Education   (United States)

^d Metals Technology Inc   (United States)

^e Brandow and Johnston Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

FRACTURE TOUGH WELD OVERLAYS; STEEL MOMENT FRAME BUILDINGS;

WELDED STEEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 0033345096     PISSN: 00138029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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