Shake‐table tests on steel moment‐resisting frames with detachable yielding zones

Landolfo, Raffaele, D'Aniello, Mario, Safaei, Shayan, Tartaglia, Roberto, Di Sarno, Luigi ORCID: 0000-0001-6244-3251, Le Maoult, Alain and Rastiello, Giuseppe (2024) Shake‐table tests on steel moment‐resisting frames with detachable yielding zones Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 53 (12). pp. 3798-3819. ISSN 0098-8847, 1096-9845

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Abstract

AbstractThis article presents an experimental campaign based on shake table tests conducted as part of the European research project FUTURE, funded in the framework of the H2020‐INFRAIA SERA program. Three steel moment‐resisting frame structures equipped with replaceable dissipative elements were tested. The experimental mockups were scaled two thirds from a reference building archetype designed per the latest draft of the upcoming version of Eurocode 8. Each mockup has different bolted end‐plate beam‐to‐column joints, namely reduced beam section (RBS), extended stiffened endplate (ESEP), and Haunched types, designed with European seismic prequalification rules. Additionally, detachable column segments at the base were designed with Reduced Column Sections (RCS) to localize the plastic deformation and enforce the intended global dissipation mechanism. The slab was detailed with reduced areas around the columns to minimize the direct composite action at beam‐to‐column joints. The mockups were subjected to incremental near‐field excitations with combined horizontal and vertical components. In this article, the experimental campaign is first described, providing details on the mockup's geometry, design, scaling, ground excitations, and sensor distribution. Then, the observed global and local responses are discussed. The results demonstrate that the global response of the mockups was significantly influenced by the type of beam‐to‐column joints, which exhibited the expected damage. The RCS configuration in the column bases also showed satisfactory behavior without leading to local or global instabilities throughout the performed tests.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	beam-to-column joint, composite slab, reduced column section, replaceable fuse, steel moment-resisting frame
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	30 Jul 2024 07:09
Last Modified:	28 Feb 2026 17:13
DOI:	10.1002/eqe.4197
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3183225
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