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This paper proposes an innovative beam-to-column T-stub connection with inserted plates to overcome the problems that the traditional connections are prone to brittle failure and the improved ones are not convenient to repair after damage. Three different specimens were designed, fabricated and tested by quasi-static experiments, which included a steel joint without a concrete floor slab, a steel joint with a concrete floor slab and a traditional T-stub connected joint without a concrete floor slab. The seismic behaviors, such as the stiffness, the bearing capacity, the ductility, the hysteretic behavior, the energy dissipation capacity and failure mode, etc., were studied. Moreover, after repaired by replacing the destroyed bottom T-stub, the joint was tested once again. The results indicate that T-stub connected joints with inserted plates can provide good hysteretic behavior and energy dissipation capacity under a reciprocate load. The beam and column do not yield after the connection failure, and the rotational center of the connection locates near the top of beam flange, which can guarantee that the upper T-stub is not destroyed and the concrete floor slab is protected from severe damage. The concrete floor slab can improve the initial stiffness and capacity of connections under the sagging moment, and make the neutral axis move up. There is no obvious difference in the hysteretic behavior between the undamaged connection and the repaired one.
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Journal of Building Structures
ISSN: 1000-6869
CN: 11-1931/TU
Year: 2012
Issue: 12
Volume: 33
Page: 10-19,71
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