Steel flush endplate beam-column connections behavior is commonly described by the moment-rotation, M-φ, relationship, which characterized two essential terms; resistant moment, Mj, Rd, and initial rotational stiffness, Sj, init. A great amount of concerted effort has been invested worldwide to either experimentally or analytically describe these properties due geometrical material variations. ...

Abstract Currently, many buildings are constructed with precast concrete methods. However, they still use the cast in-situ method, especially for beam and column connection system where there some obstacles in casting process possibility of installing reinforcement bars on site not following design. Hence, is potential structural failure that part connection. To reduce constraints, it proposed ...

In reinforced concrete structures, the beam-column connection area has a considerable influence on behavior of structure. The use fiber-reinforced polymer FRP to strengthen connections in Reinforced structure can be one solutions transform this area, thus improving structure, which is achieved through carbon achieve high-strength Investigations have been conducted using finite element modeling....

THIS ISSUE’S COLUMN reports on a presentation and papers from the 23rd International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality (REFSQ 17). REFSQ aims to foster the creation of a strong European requirementsengineering community across industry and academia. Feedback and suggestions are welcome. In addition, if you try or adopt any of the practices included ...

The inelastic response of beam-column connections significantly affects the seismic performances of steel frames. Accurate models of beam-column connections are important both in understanding the seismic behavior and in design. An effective approach towards developing accurate models for connections is self-learning simulation, which is presented in this paper. The latter simulation method has...

In the recent years, non-connected piled raft foundation has been considered as an economical and practical deep foundation in the situation that high shear and concentrated loads may occur at the connection of the raft and pile head. This paper was presented an experimental study of a square foundation on the effects of parameters such as S/D, L/D and etc. in two cases of connected or non-conn...