| Preface | p. XIII |
| Organization | p. XV |
| Material and member behaviour | |
| New trends in the evaluation of available ductility of steel members | p. 3 |
| ASTM A913 grades 50 and 65: Steels for seismic applications | p. 11 |
| Influence of strain-rate on the behaviour of steel members | p. 19 |
| Modeling of cracking and local buckling in steel frames by using plastic hinges with damage | p. 27 |
| Buckling-restrained braces as hysteretic dampers | p. 33 |
| Seismic performance of brace fuse elements for concentrically steel braced frames | p. 39 |
| Cyclic elasto-plastic analysis of steel members | p. 47 |
| Member response to strong pulse seismic loading | p. 55 |
| Calibration of thin-walled members ductility | p. 63 |
| Fatigue damage modelling of steel structures | p. 73 |
| Performance of high strength CFT columns under seismic loading | p. 79 |
| Connections | |
| Monotonic and cyclic analysis of bolted T-stubs | p. 89 |
| Experimental studies on cyclic behaviour modes of base-plate connections | p. 97 |
| Cyclic behaviour of the shear connection component in composite joints | p. 105 |
| The behaviour of compression welds and carrying capacity with earthquake effects | p. 113 |
| Monotonic and cyclic behaviour of composite beam-column connections | p. 119 |
| Effect of column straightening protocol on connection performance | p. 125 |
| Cyclic testing of flush end-plate semi-rigid steel connections | p. 135 |
| Welded plate and T-stub tests and impact on structural behavior of moment frame connections | p. 141 |
| Cyclic behaviour of steel beam-to-column joints with a concrete slab | p. 147 |
| Characterization of components in steel and composite connections under cyclic loading | p. 155 |
| Cyclic behavior of semi-rigid angle connections: A comparative study of tests and modeling | p. 165 |
| Influence of loading asymmetry on the cyclic behaviour of beam-to-column joints | p. 175 |
| Cyclic behaviour of bolted T-stubs: Experimental analysis and modelling | p. 183 |
| Hysteretic behavior of steel moment resisting column bases | p. 191 |
| Experiment and analysis of bolted semi-rigid beam-column connections Part I: Cyclic loading experiment | p. 199 |
| Experiment and analysis of bolted semi-rigid beam-column connections Part II: 3-D finite element analysis of the connections using angles | p. 207 |
| Fracture of beam-to-column connection simulated by means of the shaking table test using the inertial loading equipment | p. 215 |
| Quality assurance for welding of Japanese welded beam-to-column connections | p. 223 |
| Experimental studies on post-tensioned seismic resistant connections for steel frames | p. 231 |
| Inelastic seismic response of frame fasteners for steel roof decks | p. 239 |
| Tests on the strain rate effects on beam-to-column steel connection | p. 247 |
| Dynamic behavior of composite structures with composite connections | p. 255 |
| Improvement of seismic behaviour of beam-to-column joints using tapered flanges | p. 265 |
| Comparison of seismic capacity between post-Northridge and post-Kobe beam-to-column connections | p. 271 |
| Seismic responses of steel reduced beam section to weak panel zone moment joints | p. 279 |
| Experimental method of the full scale shaking table test using the inertial loading equipment | p. 287 |
| Codification, design and application | |
| Parametric analysis of the dynamic behaviour of ENEL towers in Naples by means of 'minimum' model | p. 295 |
| Serviceability and stress control in seismic design of steel structures | p. 303 |
| Romanian new Code for the design of steel structures subjected to seismic loads | p. 311 |
| Lions' Gate Bridge North Approach--Seismic retrofit | p. 319 |
| Seismic design and response of a 14-story concentrically braced steel building | p. 327 |
| Seismic behavior of steel lattice telecommunication towers | p. 335 |
| Seismic upgrading of existing steel frames by a bracing system installed with fully mechanical interfaces | p. 339 |
| Investigation and analysis of damage to expressway tollgate structures caused by the Hyogoken-Nanbu earthquake | p. 345 |
| Inelastic behaviour of a 52-storey steel frame building | p. 353 |
| Base isolation and energy dissipation | |
| A new ADAS system for seismic retrofitting of framed structures by means of the new hysteretical 'I' shaped device | p. 363 |
| Active base isolation of m.d.o.f. structures by a time-convolution algorithm | p. 371 |
| Effectiveness of viscous damped bracing systems for steel frames | p. 379 |
| Non-invasive passive energy dissipation systems for the seismic design and retrofit of steel structures | p. 387 |
| Earthquake protection of buildings and bridges with viscous energy dissipation devices | p. 395 |
| Seismic performance of moment resistant steel frame with hysteretic damper | p. 403 |
| Seismic redesign of steel frames by local insertion of dissipating devices | p. 411 |
| Seismic dampers utilization and design for steel structures | p. 419 |
| Earthquake resistant performance of moment resistant steel frames with damper | p. 425 |
| Global behaviour | |
| Effects of repeated seismic events on structures | p. 435 |
| Toward a consistent methodology for ductility checking | p. 443 |
| Numerical investigation of the q-factor for steel frames with semi-rigid and partial-strength joints | p. 455 |
| Composite frames under dynamic loadings: Numerical and experimental analysis | p. 463 |
| Analytical study of buildings constructed with riveted semi-rigid connections | p. 471 |
| Seismic response of steel columns under multi component seismic motion | p. 479 |
| Establishing seismic force reduction factors for steel structures | p. 487 |
| Seismic response of tied and trussed eccentrically braced frames | p. 495 |
| Large scale tests of steel frames with semi-rigid connections under quasi-static cyclic loading | p. 503 |
| Influence of P-[Delta] effect on a proposed procedure for seismic design of steel frames | p. 511 |
| Steel building response under biaxial seismic excitations | p. 519 |
| Influence of brace slenderness on the seismic response of concentrically braced steel frames | p. 527 |
| Inelastic seismic analysis of eccentrically loaded steel bridge piers | p. 535 |
| Steel panel shear wall--Analysis on the center core steel panel shear wall system | p. 541 |
| Performance based design and moment resisting frames | |
| Earthquake resistance of frames with unsymmetric bolted connections | p. 551 |
| Inelastic dynamic and static analyses for steel MRF seismic design | p. 559 |
| Seismic performance of dual steel moment-resisting frames | p. 569 |
| Comparative study on seismic design procedures for steel MR frames according to the force-based approach | p. 577 |
| Optimum bending and shear stiffness distribution for performance based design of rigid and braced multi-story steel frames | p. 585 |
| Seismic behavior of post-tensioned steel frames | p. 593 |
| The effect of connection hysteretic behaviour on seismic damage to moment resisting steel frames | p. 601 |
| Performance based design of seismic-resistant MR-frames | p. 611 |
| Energy based methods for evaluation of behaviour factor for moment resisting frames | p. 619 |
| Plastic design of steel frames with dog-bone beam-to-column joints | p. 627 |
| Behaviour of MRFs subjected to near-field earthquakes | p. 635 |
| Evaluation of the response of moment frames in respect to various performance criteria | p. 643 |
| Low-cycle fatigue behaviour of moment resisting frames | p. 649 |
| SAC steel project | |
| SAC program to assure ductile connection performance | p. 659 |
| Development of the free flange steel moment connection | p. 667 |
| Fracture mechanics analysis of moment frame joint incorporating welding effects | p. 675 |
| Reduced beam section welded steel moment frame connections | p. 681 |
| Relating ground motion spectral information to structural deformation demands | p. 687 |
| Reinforced steel moment-resisting joints | p. 695 |
| Cyclic modeling of T-stub bolted connections | p. 703 |
| Inelastic finite element studies of unreinforced welded beam-to-column moment connections | p. 711 |
| Seismic testing of welded beam-to-column moment connections | p. 719 |
| Seismic design of sixteen-bolt extended stiffened moment end-plate connections | p. 727 |
| 'Heavy' moment end-plate connections subjected to seismic loading | p. 735 |
| Seismic response of 3-D steel structure with Bi-directional columns | p. 741 |
| Cyclic instability of steel moment connections with reduced beam sections | p. 747 |
| Effects of lateral bracing and system restraint on the behavior of RBS moment connections | p. 755 |
| Author index | p. 763 |
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