Testing protocol for short links in eccentrically braced frames

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1183-1191

  Richards, Paul W ^a   Uang, Chia Ming ^b  

^a DEGENKOLB ENGINEERS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bracing; Cyclic loads; Nonlinear analysis; Seismic analysis; Seismic design; Steel frames

Indexed keywords

BRACING; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; SEISMIC ANALYSIS; SEISMIC DESIGN; STEEL FRAMES;

CYCLIC LOADS; IMPACT TESTING; ROTATION; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

STEEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 33746214719     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2006)132:8(1183)     Document Type: Article

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