Abstract: Steel moment frames are used for seismic design in the United States and Japan and are highly regarded structural systems, but severe damage to steel frames occurred during the 1994 Northridge and 1995 Hyogoken-Nanbu ...

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 ...