Local fracture-induced phenomena in steel moment frames.

Brittle fractures were observed at the welded beam-to-column connections of a number of steel moment frame buildings following the M6.7 1994 Northridge earthquake. Such fractures cause a rapid loss of connection strength and stiffness, as well as a sudden release of the strain energy stored by the c...

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Publicado no:Earthquake engineering & structural dynamics. 38, 2 (2009).
Autor principal: Rodgers, Janise E.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
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