Damage states and fragility functions for link beams in eccentrically braced frames

Journal of Constructional Steel Research

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1299-1309

  Gulec, C Kerem ^a   Gibbons, Bruce ^a   Chen, Albert ^a   Whittaker, Andrew S ^b  

^a THORNTON TOMASETTI   (United States)

^b the State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Eccentrically braced frame; Fragility; Link beam

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE STATE; DAMAGE THRESHOLD; ECCENTRICALLY BRACED FRAMES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM; FRAGILITY; FRAGILITY FUNCTION; FUTURE PERFORMANCE; LINK BEAM; LINK REPLACEMENT; LOCAL BUCKLING; PLASTIC ROTATION; REPAIR COSTS; SEISMIC HAZARDS; STATISTICAL EVALUATION; STEEL COMPONENTS; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT;

PILES; REPAIR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; USER INTERFACES;

DAMAGE DETECTION;

EID: 79958781927     PISSN: 0143974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcsr.2011.03.014     Document Type: Article

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