SEMI-RIGID CONNECTIONS

HANDBOOK

EDITED BY

WAI-FAH CHEN

NORIMITSU KISHI
MASATO KOMURO

Contents

Preface About the Editors

vii ix

Section I.
1 1.1

Specifications
Specification

and Classifications
1 1

Classification and AISC

1.2 AISC

Specification

Classification of Connections
References

22 26

Section II.
2

Effects of Semi-rigid Connections Members and Frames

on

Structural
27 27

Effects of

Semi-rigid Connections on
Connections

Structural Members and Frames

2.1 Introduction 2.2 Effects of

2.3

2.4
2.5

Semi-rigid Semi-rigid Connections Effects of Semi-rigid Connections Summary and Conclusions

Effects of References

on on

Columns Beams

32 40
45

on Frames

67 68

Section III.
3

Steel Connection Database and Modeling

Connections
71 71

Types of PR
3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5

Single Web- angle Connections/Single Plate Connections Double Web-angle Connections Top- and Seat-angle Connections with Double Web-angle
Top- and Seat-angle Connections Extended End-plate Connections/Flush End-plate Connections
References

71
73 73

75
75

3.6 Header Plate Connections

77 79 79 80 89 92

Modeling
4.1

of Connections

General Remarks

4.2 Behavior Under Monotonic

4.3

Behavior Under References

Loading Cyclic Loading

Steel Connection Database

5.1 5.2 5.3

95 95

General Remarks
Parameter Definition for Connection

Type

100 129

Steel Connection Data Bank

Program

5.4 Web site of Connections

132 140

References

Section IV.
6

Steel-concrete Analysis
of Steel and

Composite Connections
Composite Semi-rigid Frames
143 143 154 211 252 k 253 254

Advanced 6.1 6.2

Structural Frames

Advanced Analysis of Steel Frames 6.3 Advanced Analysis of Composite Frames

Appendix 1 Elastic Stiffness Matrix, k, Appendix 2 Geometric Stiffness Matrix, Appendix 3 Bowing Matrix, k6
S ection V.
7 in 7.1

Case

Study
Analysis
of Semi-rigid Frames 255 255

Case Studies for Second-order (Direct)

Hong Kong
Introduction

7.2 Second-order 7.3 7.4

Integrated

Design and Analysis

256 257 259 268 268

Modeling of Semi-rigid Jointed Members

Examples
References

7.5 Conclusions

Appendix Experimental Data of SCDB A-1 Single Web Angle/Single Plate Connections A-2 Double Web-Angle Connections A-3 Top- and Seat-angle with Double Web-angle A-4 Top- and Seat-angle Connections A-5 Extended End-plate Connections A-6 Flush End-plate Connections A-7 Header End-plate Connections
Index

A1 -1 A2-1 Connections A3-1 A4-1 A5-1 A6-1 A7-1