Recent studies show that the most efficient connections are those which have more flexibility and energy dissipation capacity in addition to their strength and stiffness. While their flexibility reduce the earthquake-induced forces, their energy dissipation capacity, by dissipating some of the energy at connections, can reduce the share of structural members of the total energy that has to be dissipated, hence increasing their chance to remain intact and undamaged during an earthquake. Since conventional connections, even semi-rigid ones, have great shear rigidity, there is not any article in the literature about shear behavior of beam-to-column connections. However, due the fact that the...
Recent studies show that the most efficient connections are those which have more flexibility and energy dissipation capacity in addition to their strength and stiffness. While their flexibility reduce the earthquake-induced forces, their energy dissipation capacity, by dissipating some of the energy at connections, can reduce the share of structural members of the total energy that has to be dissipated, hence increasing their chance to remain intact and undamaged during an earthquake. Since conventional connections, even semi-rigid ones, have great shear rigidity, there is not any article in the literature about shear behavior of beam-to-column connections. However, due the fact that the...