Evaluation of extreme load performance of pre-Northridge connections

Disastrous consequences of a partial collapse of the Ronan Point apartment in 1968, along with the 1994 Northridge earthquake, exposed the vulnerability of steel moment frames subjected to extreme loading. The reports of these two catastrophic events revealed the significant role of the beam-to-colu...

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Main Authors: Iman Faridmehr, Mohd Hanim Osman, Mamood Md. Tahir, Ali Farokhi Nejad, Reza Hodjati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Croatian Association of Civil Engineers 2014-11-01
Series:Građevinar
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.14256/JCE.1087.2014