Experimental Research on Seismic Behavior of Non-Rigid Steel Beam-Column Connections with Concrete Cover

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Four steel beam-column connections were tested under cyclic loads to investigate effects of the concrete cover and the cast-in-situ slabs on the failure modes, stiffness, load-carrying capacity, ductility and energy-dissipation capacity. The test results show that the stiffness and bending strength of the non-rigid steel connections are significantly increased due to the presence of concrete cover and the cast-in-situ slabs can further enhance the connections. Moreover, the connection with slab is prone to debonding failure along beam-slab interface resulting in a remarkable decrease of the stiffness and strength. Practical methods are also presented for analyzing and assessing the steel frames with non-rigid connections considering effects of concrete cover.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 133-134)

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1233-1239

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October 2010

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DOI: 10.1016/0143-974x(94)90021-3

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