Innovative devices for the protection of welded sections in steel structures

Innovative devices for the protection of welded sections in steel structures

Salvatore Benfratello, Luigi Palizzolo and Santo Vazzano

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Abstract. The paper proposes the use of innovative devices devoted to the brittle collapse protection of welded steel sections, typically represented by the end beam cross-sections in framed structures. Reference is made to I-shaped cross-sections. At first, limiting to the case of plane stress, the relevant elastic domain is defined in the N,T,M space; then a plane frame equipped with the proposed devices and subjected to seismic load condition is studied, ensuring that the generalized stresses at the welded sections be within the relevant elastic domain.

Keywords
Steel Structures, Moment Resisting Connections, Innovative Devices

Published online 3/17/2022, 6 pages
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Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA

Citation: Salvatore Benfratello, Luigi Palizzolo and Santo Vazzano, Innovative devices for the protection of welded sections in steel structures, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 26, pp 157-162, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644902431-26

The article was published as article 26 of the book Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

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