Analytical verification of blast testing of steel frame moment connection assemblies

Structural Engineering Research Frontiers

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Karns, Jesse E ^a   Houghton, David L ^a   Hall, Bruce E ^b   Kim, Joonghwan ^a   Lee, Kyungkoo ^a  

^a Houghton and Partners Inc (MHP)   (United States)

^b General Services Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM-TO-COLUMN CONNECTIONS; GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; PROGRESSIVE COLLAPSE; PROGRESSIVE COLLAPSE ANALYSIS; RELATIVE PERFORMANCE; STEEL FRAME BUILDINGS; STEEL FRAME CONSTRUCTION; U.S. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT;

BOMBS (ORDNANCE); BUILDING MATERIALS; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONCRETES; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; REINFORCED CONCRETE; RESEARCH; STEEL CONSTRUCTION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; TEST FACILITIES;

TERRORISM;

EID: 84890934469     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40944(249)71     Document Type: Conference Paper

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