Behaviour factors of MR steel frames with semi-rigid connections: a parametric study

• Author(s): Rebelo, Carlos ; Magalhães, Luís
• Date: 2003
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.11/2916
• Origin: Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco
• Subject(s): q-factor; MR steel frames; Semi-rigid joints; Stiffness, resistence and deformation capacity; Limit states
• Document Type: Conference object
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco

Description

In this paper same results are presented, related to the parametric study of the q-factor of steel moment resistant frames. The study considers semi-rigid beam-to-column joints with standard behaviour, characterized by their stiffness, resistance and deformation capacity. Three performance levels or limit states are considered, Serviceability Limit State (SLS), Damageability Limit State (DLS) and Ultimate Limit State (ULS).