Abstract: This paper presents a detailed examination of the experimental behavior of 14 full-scale, welded beam-column subassemblages. First, ductility capacity of the specimens is evaluated in terms of cumulative plastic rotation ...

Abstract: This paper describes the results of cyclic loading tests applied to 14 full-scale beam-column subassemblages. First, efforts undertaken in the Japanese steel community in response to damage observed at welded beam-to-column ...

Abstract: A total of 12 large-scale link-column specimens were tested to study the cyclic loading performance of link-to-column connections in eccentrically braced frames. Four different link-to-column connection types with varying ...

Abstract: This paper presents an experimental study on a steel moment frame with reinforced concrete (RC) floor slab that was subjected to horizontal cyclic loading leading to very large deformations. The primary objective of this ...

Abstract: This paper presents an innovative structural system, named weld-free system, developed to overcome the difficulty in the quality assurance encountered in construction of steel moment resisting frames with conventional ...