TY - JOUR
T1 - Energy-based technique for seismic performance assessment of interior beam-column joints
AU - Higazy, El Mostafa M.
AU - Elnashai, Amr S.
N1 - Funding Information:
The experimental phase of the current study was supported by the Carpenters Contractors Cooperation Committee, Inc. of Los Angeles. The financial support is deeply appreciated.
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - For investigating the seismic behaviour of monolithic beam-column joints, a new technique of assessment of joint performance, termed the Shear Deformation Energy Index, is presented in this paper. Previous research efforts in this field were evaluated and the relative merits and drawbacks of each approach were highlighted. Primary variables influencing the seismic behaviour of joints were studied in the experimental phase of the current study. This included pseudo-static testing of nine interior beam-column subassemblages with different joint configurations. The parametric investigation of primary variables was complemented by studying the behaviour of specimens of eight different experimental programmes. For easy application of the technique in design practice, the Index is graphically represented versus its main variables in a design chart, referred to as the Performance Chart.
AB - For investigating the seismic behaviour of monolithic beam-column joints, a new technique of assessment of joint performance, termed the Shear Deformation Energy Index, is presented in this paper. Previous research efforts in this field were evaluated and the relative merits and drawbacks of each approach were highlighted. Primary variables influencing the seismic behaviour of joints were studied in the experimental phase of the current study. This included pseudo-static testing of nine interior beam-column subassemblages with different joint configurations. The parametric investigation of primary variables was complemented by studying the behaviour of specimens of eight different experimental programmes. For easy application of the technique in design practice, the Index is graphically represented versus its main variables in a design chart, referred to as the Performance Chart.
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U2 - 10.1080/13632469708962383
DO - 10.1080/13632469708962383
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0031314729
VL - 1
SP - 675
EP - 692
JO - Journal of Earthquake Engineering
JF - Journal of Earthquake Engineering
SN - 1363-2469
IS - 4
ER -