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4. SEISMIC RESPONSE OF PARTIAL-STRENGTH COMPOSITE JOINTS<br />

4.6 Mechanical properties <strong>of</strong> materials<br />

Production st<strong>and</strong>ards set strict lower limits for <strong>the</strong> yield stress, but <strong>the</strong>y leave to <strong>the</strong><br />

designer nearly complete freedom with regard to <strong>the</strong> upper limits. European<br />

st<strong>and</strong>ard ENV 206 (1990) on concrete production does not, for instance, require,<br />

on one h<strong>and</strong>, controls <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> maximum resistance, just as in <strong>the</strong> case <strong>of</strong> EN 10025<br />

(1993) for structural steels. Eurocode 8 (prEN 1998-1, 2002), on <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r h<strong>and</strong>,<br />

recommends that <strong>the</strong> actual yield stress <strong>of</strong> steel be such as not to modify <strong>the</strong><br />

localization <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> plastic hinges considered during design. In <strong>the</strong> case <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

beam-to-column joints under study, all <strong>the</strong> materials were checked preliminarily.<br />

The results, reported in Table 4.4, confirm <strong>the</strong> extremely wide scatter <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

resistance values that can, in practice, be obtained.<br />

122<br />

BEAM FLANGE<br />

(IPE300 S235)<br />

Beam web<br />

(IPE300 S235)<br />

Column flange<br />

(HEB280/260 S235)<br />

Column web<br />

(HEB280/260 S235)<br />

Design yield<br />

strength<br />

[N/mm 2<br />

]<br />

Measured yield<br />

strength<br />

[N/mm 2<br />

]<br />

235 370<br />

235 313<br />

235 341<br />

235 300<br />

End plate (S235) 235 383<br />

Reinforcing bars<br />

(B450C)<br />

Concrete<br />

(class 25/30)<br />

Table 4.4. Design <strong>and</strong> actual yield strength<br />

450 537<br />

25 35<br />

4.7 Seismic performance evaluation for <strong>the</strong> prototype structure<br />

The principal objective <strong>of</strong> this project is <strong>the</strong> evaluation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> performance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

composite construction with semi-rigid partial-strength beam-to-column joints <strong>and</strong><br />

partially encased columns in earthquake-prone regions. Performance is defined in<br />

terms <strong>of</strong> probabilistic performance objectives. A performance objective consists <strong>of</strong>

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