Past earthquakes have highlighted the seismic vulnerability of prefabricated industrial sheds typical past Italian building practices. Such buildings typically exhibited rigid collapse mechanisms due to absence links between columns, beams, and roof elements. This study aims at presenting experimental numerical assessment a novel dissipative connection system (DCS) designed improve performance ...

Beam-to-column joints are one of the most common types in metal structures. In design load-bearing aluminium structures, welding, as a joining method, is often avoided because localised degradation mechanical properties heat-affected zone (HAZ). However, recent experimental studies on extent and strength HAZ show significant difference compared to very conservative rules when modern welding tec...

Beam column joint failure has been linked to the partial or whole collapse of reinforced structures, according information gathered during seismic reconnaissance. Under stress, a single beam only limited impact, but beam-column junction might lead structure. The resulting economic damage and human casualties are substantial. Hence, keeping from coming apart is crucial. Recent earthquakes have c...

steel structures are usually built with some defects. according to the standard building codes, the central axes of the bracing members should go through the beam-column joints, however, in most of the braced steel structures, bracing members are unintentionally connected eccentrically. this paper presents a numerical investigation on performance analysis of cbfs (concentrically braced frames) ...

Accelerated bridge construction (ABC) has attracted much attention in China as a new and efficient method. However, the seismic performance of connections between precast piers other structures limits application ABC medium high zones. In this paper, quasi-static test was conducted to investigate differences cap–column socket connection (PSC) specimen, which reinforced an embedded RC column-to-...