RESEARCH ARTICLE
The Influence of Gravity Loads on the Seismic Design of RBS Connections
R. Montuori *
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2014Volume: 8
First Page: 248
Last Page: 261
Publisher ID: TOBCTJ-8-248
DOI: 10.2174/1874836801408010248
Article History:
Received Date: 28/8/2014Revision Received Date: 30/09/2014
Acceptance Date: 30/10/2013
Electronic publication date: 31/12/2014
Collection year: 2014
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Abstract
Connections with Reduced Beam Section (RBS) have been investigated in the last 20 years both from an analytical point of view and from an experimental point of view. Several experimental tests demonstrated that RBS connections designed according to themost modern seismic codes are able to obtain the desired goal: the protection of the connection due to the yielding of the adjacent RBS. But in all the past researches and experimental tests the role that vertical loads can play was neglected or not properly accounted for. This study proposes a new procedure for accurately computing the relation between RBS location, vertical load and amount of section reduction for ensuring that plastic hinges develop in the reduced sections or in a reduced section and in an intermediate section of the beam.