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Structural Engineering and Mechanics
  Volume 24, Number 3, October20 2006 , pages 307-321
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/sem.2006.24.3.307
 


Experimental behaviour of extended end-plate composite beam-to-column joints subjected to reversal of loading
Xiamin Hu, Desheng Zheng and Li Yang

 
Abstract
    This paper is concerned with the behaviour of steel and concrete composite joints subjected to reversal of loading. Three cruciform composite joint specimens and one bare steel joint specimen were tested so that one side of the beam-to-column connection was under negative moment and another side under positive moment. The steelwork beam-to-column connections were made of bolted end plate with an extended haunch section. Composite slabs employing metal decking were used for all the composite joint specimens. The moment-rotation relationships for the joints were obtained experimentally. Details of the experimental observations and results were reported.
 
Key Words
    composite joints; cyclic loading; moment rotational response.
 
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