Effects of connection fractures on global behavior of steel moment frames subjected to earthquakes

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 78-88

  Rodgers, Janise E ^a   Mahin, Stephen A ^b  

^a GeoHazards International   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Connections; Dynamic tests; Earthquake engineering; Fractures; Nonlinear analysis; Shake table tests; Steel frames; Structural behavior; Structural dynamics

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURES; MOMENT-RESISTING; POSTFRACTURE HYSTERETIC BEHAVIOR; WELDED STEEL MOMENT FRAMES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNECTORS (STRUCTURAL); EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; HYSTERESIS; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

FRACTURE;

EID: 33645509558     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2006)132:1(78)     Document Type: Article

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