... specimen analysis result plastic constraint aiscf6 weld access hole maximum value thickness safety assessment deformation capacity experimental result brittle fracture weld access hole shape bottom flange aiscf0 INTRODUCTION During the Kobe earthquake, brittle fracture...

... at the position of both the beam top and bottom flanges, and used a cover-plate to reinforce the connection. The aim of the test was to investigate the plastic rotation capacity and ultimate strength of this type of beam-to-column connection. INTRODUCTION Both the 1994 Northridge and the 1995 Kobe earthquakes...

... in regions around the beam bottom flanges groove welds, in Northridge, brittle fractures initiated at a very low level of plastic demand, and in some cases, while structures remained nearly elastic, in Kobe, however, the majority of RHS column-to-beam connections that fractured during the Earthquake...

... on different types of composite connections (Ahmed, 1995). rh column connection numerical result reinforcement bar concrete filling slab column face static behaviour composite floor multiplanar loading bottom flange flange strength reinforcement wardenier deformation limit experiment...