Bolted Flange Alternatives for Moment -Resisting Connections

These alternative connections eliminated the backing bar, used high quality shop weld, and reduced the high stress and strain demand on the weld. Therefore, the failure of the bottom flange weld did not occur. However, for connections using the bottom girder flange component only, the inelastic mode of failure occurred at the top girder flange weld. Using the reduced flange plate at both the top girder flange and the bottom girder flange was the most effective method to develop large inelastic rotations of the joint with stable hysteretic behavior.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Civil Engineering

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Amidi, Ala

Contributors dc:contributor

• Schneider, Stephen P.

• Engineering, Civil

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI9989930

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/83517