Abstract: Today, concealing a longitudinal circular rainwater pipe in the center of a column cross section is common practice in the construction of skeleton RC frames. This research studies the strength reduction caused in short ...

Abstract: This paper summarizes the results of load tests on two full‐size stub‐girders. The first, specimen M‐1, had a conventional girder‐to‐column connection and the second, specimen M‐2, featured a modified connection in which ...