Experimental Study of Extended End-Plate Connections in Steel Moment Resisting Frames.

Document Type : Research Studies

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Department of Structural Engineering., Faculty of Engineering., Mansoura University., Mansoura., P.O. Box 35516., Egypt.

Abstract

In this paper, experimental tests have been carried out to investigate the behavior of extended end-plate moment connections.
The experimental program has been executed in the heavy structures laboratory, Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, Egypt. In this program, ten end-plate moment connections have been tested to failure. The studied parameters in the experimental work are: (i) thickness of end plate, (ii) diameter of bolt, (iii) column stiffeners opposite the tested connections and (iv) grade of bolt.

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