Eight-bolt endplate connection and its influence on frame behavior

Engineering Structures

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1483-1493

  Kukreti, Anant R ^a   Zhou, Feng Feng ^a  

^a 705 Engineering Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Endplate connection; Finite element; Frame analysis; Moment rotation; Parametric study

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STEEL STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ENDPLATE CONNECTION; MOMENT-ROTATION; SEMI-RIGID CONNECTION PROPERTIES;

STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STEEL STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

BOLT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STEEL STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745942483     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2005.09.021     Document Type: Article

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