Standardisation of partial strength connection between extended and flush end-plate connections with trapezoid web profilled steel sections

• Main Authors: Md. Tahir, Mahmood, Sulaiman, Arizu, Mohammad, Shahrin
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/13855/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Connections are usually designed as pinned or rigid although the actual behaviour is known to fall between these two extreme cases. The use of partial strength or semi-rigid connections has been encouraged by codes. Studies on the matter known as semicontinuous construction have proven that substant...