Prequalification of a beam-to-column moment connection for steel building applications
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The prequalification of the beam-to-column moment connection is based on the AISC-2002 standard Seismic provisions for structural steel buildings. In this norm, a standard procedure is proposed for undertaking cyclic tests of connections, with the aim of checking their behavior under dynamic solicitations. This prequalification test was carried out in the test-frame of the structure laboratory at Universidad del Valle, and it was mathematically evaluated by use of a finite element model that considered the elastic-plastic behavior of kinematically-hardened steel. The results from the mathematical model were compared with experimental data. The design procedure and the details of the connection were successfully validated by means of an experimental prequalification test and a finite element simulation.
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