ABSTRACT

This book forms the proceedings of the International Workshop organised by the European Convention for Constructional Steelwork held in Timisoara, Romania, in June 1994. It presents the latest progress in theoretical and experimental research on the behaviour of steel structures in seismic areas, taking into account the basic problems of local and

part |2 pages

PART TWO: LOCAL DUCTILITY

chapter 20|11 pages

Local cyclic behaviour of steel members

part |2 pages

PART THREE: GLOBAL DUCTILITY

chapter 22|25 pages

An overview of global ductility

part |2 pages

PART FOUR: EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY

part |2 pages

PART SIX: SEMI-RIGIDITY

chapter 46|16 pages

Semi-rigidity: general report