ABSTRACT

An unexpected brittle failure of connections and of members occurred during the last earthquakes of Northridge and Kobe. For this reason a heightened awareness developed in the international scientific community, particularly in the earthquake prone countries of the Mediterranean and Eastern Europe, of the urgent need to investigate this topic. This volume results from a European project dealing with the 'reliability of moment resistant connections of steel frames in seismic areas' It is a must have for engineerse who want to be at the cutting edge of design in seismic areas.

1. Seismic Input and Codification 2. Ductility of Members and Connections 3. Cyclic Behaviour of Beam to Column Bare Steel Connections 4. Cyclic Behaviour of Beam to Column Composite Connections 5. Re-Elaboration of Experimental Results 6. Evaluation of Global Seismic Performance 7. failure Mode and Ductility Demand 8. Design Methodology