EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOR OF GUSSET PLATE CONNECTION IN BRB FRAME SYSTEM

The majority of these studies have tested isolated braces or simple subassemblies which neglect the influence of the framing components and the gusset-plate on the system performance. In this paper, frame subassemblies with the gusset-plate were subjected to cyclic lateral loading. It was found that effective length of the beam shortened by the presence of the gusset-plate connections. It was indicating that critical section of the beam was moved to the toe of the gusset-plate.