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土木工程建筑外文文献及翻译

土木工程建筑外文文献及翻译

Cyclicbehaviorofsteelmomentframeconnectionsunder

varyingaxialloadandlateraldisplacements

Abstract

Thispaperdiscussesthecyclicbehavioroffoursteelmoment

connectionstestedundervariableaxialloadandlateral

displacements.Thebeamspecim-ensconsistedofa

reducedbeamsection,wingplatesandlongitudinalstiffeners.

Thetestspecimensweresubjectedtovaryingaxialforcesand

lateraldisplace-mentstosimulatetheeffectsonbeamsina

Coupled-GirderMoment-ResistingFramingsystemunderlateral

loading.Thetestresultsshowedthatthespecim-ensresponded

inaductilemannersincetheplasticrotationsexceeded0.03rad

withoutsignificantdropinthelateralcapacity.Thepresenceof

thelongitudin-alstiffenerassistedintransferringtheaxialforces

anddelayedtheformationofweblocalbuckling.

1.Introduction

Aimedatevaluatingthestructuralperformanceofreduced-

beamsection

(RBS)connectionsunderalternatedaxialloadingandlateral

displacement,fourfull-scalespecimensweretested.Thesetests

wereintendedtoassesstheperformanceofthemoment

connectiondesignfortheMosconeCenterExp-ansionunderthe

DesignBasisEarthquake(DBE)andtheMaximumConsidered

Earthquake(MCE).PreviousresearchconductedonRBSmoment

connections[1,2]showedthatconnectionswithRBSprofilescan

achieverotationsinexcessof0.03rad.However,doubtshave

beencastonthequalityoftheseismicperformanceofthese

connectionsundercombinedaxialandlateralloading.

TheMosconeCenterExpansionisathree-story,71,814m2

(773,000ft2)structurewithsteelmomentframesasitsprimary

lateralforce-resistingsystem.Athreedimensionalperspective

illustrationisshowninFig.1.Theoverallheightofthebuilding,

atthehig