Results of early collaborative research on behavior of braced steel frames with innovative bracing schemes (zipper frames)

International Conference on Advances in Experimental Structural Engineering

Volumn 2005-July, Issue , 2005, Pages 525-532

  Leon, Roberto ^a   Yang, Chuang Sheng ^a   Desroches, Reginald ^a   Reinhorn, Andrei ^b   Schachter, Macarena ^b   Stojadinovic, Bozidar ^c   Yang, Tony ^d   Shing, Benson ^e   Wei, Zhong ^f  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b State University of New York   (United States)

^c University of California ^*

^d 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC LOADS; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; MODEL STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

ANALYTICAL TOOL; BRACED STEEL FRAMES; COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH; DESIGN PROVISIONS; NETWORK FOR EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING SIMULATIONS; OVERALL COLLAPSE; POOR PERFORMANCE; SMALL-SCALE MODELING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84987905755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 25222503     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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