ACHIEVING DUCTILE BEHAVIOR OF MOMENT CONNECTIONS — PART II The results

Kaufmann, Le-Wu Lu and John W. Fisher (This article presents the results of two follow-up tests on full-scale moment connections. The results of the first three tests were reported in the January 1996 issue. Of the two specimens, one is a fully welded connection fabricated with E70TG-K2 flux cored electrode and the other is a connection that was previously tested to failure (weld fracture)and subsequently repaired by replacing the cracked E70T-4 welds with E7018 weld metal, which has a specified minimum notch toughness. Both connections performed well and demonstrated sufficient ductility and energy dissipation capacity.)