Triaxiality and fracture of steel moment connections

Journal of structural engineering New York, N.Y.

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1131-1139

  Schafer, B W ^a,b   Ojdrovic, R P ^b   Zarghamee, M S ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIMPSON GUMPERTZ AND HEGER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TESTING; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

STEEL MOMENT FRAMES; STRESS TRIAXIALITY;

WELDED STEEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 0034298405     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2000)126:10(1131)     Document Type: Article

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