BEHAVIOR OF FLUSH END-PLATE COMPOSITE CONNECTIONS WITH UNBALANCED MOMENT AND VARIABLE SHEAR MOMENT RATIOS .1. EXPERIMENTAL BEHAVIOR/

A series of seven end-plate beam-to-column connection tests is reporte d; these include one pure steel connection and six composite connectio ns. The main variables investigated are the degrees of unbalanced mome nt and the shear/moment ratio. Comprehensive instrumentation has been used to monitor: beam strains, column strains, rebar strains and bolt forces as well as member and connection deformations. This comprehensi ve monitoring permits a full understanding of the behaviour of this ki nd of connection. In addition, the large number of recorded variables provides data for the detailed validation of numerical analysis method s. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.