Additional Full-scale Testing of Beam-to-column Connections with Improvements in Welded Joints

Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 2493-2499

  Shinde, H ^a   Kurobane, Y ^a   Azuma, K ^a   Dale, K ^a   Makino, Y ^b   Obukuro, Y ^b  

^a SOJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beam to column connection; Cover plate; Cyclic loading; Full scale test; Partial joint penetration; Seismic design; Welded joint

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CRACKS; CYCLIC LOADS; DEFECTS; DEFORMATION; DIAPHRAGMS; FLANGES; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STIFFNESS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BEAM-TO-COLUMN CONNECTION; COVER-PLATE; FULL-SCALE TEST; PARTIAL JOINT PENETRATION; SEISMIC DESIGN; WELDED JOINTS;

WELDS;

EID: 0942277413     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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