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5. SEISMIC BEHAVIOUR OF RC COLUMNS EMBEDDING STEEL PROFILES<br />

For rectangular concrete sections with <strong>the</strong> HEM <strong>and</strong> HEB pr<strong>of</strong>iles return <strong>the</strong><br />

following:<br />

196<br />

HEM 160 δ = 0,328 HEB 220 δ = 0,296<br />

HEM 220 δ = 0,461 HEB 360 δ = 0,581<br />

HEM 200 δ = 0,537 HEB 240 δ = 0,319<br />

5.4 Design <strong>of</strong> beam-to-column joints<br />

In <strong>the</strong> classic deflected shape <strong>of</strong> a structural frame subjected to lateral loading,<br />

where <strong>the</strong> load distribution is characterized by inflection points near <strong>the</strong> midpoint <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> beams <strong>and</strong> columns, <strong>the</strong> maximum moments occurs at <strong>the</strong> joint. Such actions<br />

are shown acting on an interior joint in Figure 5.13. Satisfactory response for <strong>the</strong><br />

frame requires <strong>the</strong> joint to transfer <strong>the</strong> large unbalanced beam <strong>and</strong> column<br />

moments with reasonable deformations at both service <strong>and</strong> ultimate conditions.<br />

M<br />

beam,l<br />

V beam,l<br />

N beam,l<br />

V<br />

col,b<br />

M col,b<br />

N<br />

N<br />

M col,t<br />

Vcol,t<br />

col,t<br />

col,b<br />

V<br />

N beam,r<br />

Figure 5.13. Actions on an interior composite joint<br />

By means <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> adjustment <strong>of</strong> an analytical model proposed by Kanno <strong>and</strong><br />

Deieirlein (2000) <strong>and</strong> Chou <strong>and</strong> Uang (2002) it is possible to quantify <strong>the</strong> shear<br />

resistance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> joint, consisting in <strong>the</strong> sum <strong>of</strong> different mechanisms activated in<br />

<strong>the</strong> connection. Fur<strong>the</strong>rmore, it is true that, up to now, <strong>the</strong> European Codes don’t<br />

entirely cover <strong>the</strong> <strong>behaviour</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> composite beam to column connections. In fact,<br />

beam,r<br />

M<br />

beam,r

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