Pushover Analysis of Steel Seismic Resistant Frames with Reduced Web Section and Reduced Beam Section Connections

The widespread brittle failure of welded beam-to-column connections caused by the 1994 Northridge and 1995 Kobe earthquakes highlighted the need for retrofitting measures effective in reducing the strength demand imposed on connections under cyclic loading. Researchers presented the reduced beam sec...

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Main Authors: Daniel Tomas Naughton, Konstantinos Daniel Tsavdaridis, Chrysanthos Maraveas, Andreas Nicolaou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Built Environment
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fbuil.2017.00059/full