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Two beam-to-column web connections

Tsai, Keh-Chyuan; Popov, Egor P.

UCB/EERC-86/05, Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, 1986-04, 57 pages (530/T75/1986)

Test results for experiments on two half-scale steel beam-to-column web moment connections are described. In the first experiment, an innovative concept aimed at enhancing the ductility and strength of the connection by adding two pairs of reinforcing ribs was explored. In the second experiment, the behavior of similar connections but without reinforcing ribs--a type that is common in practice--was evaluated. The new design was relatively simple to fabricate, and the reinforced connection exhibited excellent strength and ductility characteristics.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/EERC/EERC-86-05.pdf (30 MB)