Analysis on Fracture Behavior and Optimization of Beam-Column Connections with Expanded Flanges of Steel Frames

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Parameter</td><td class="align_center">Test/FE</td><td class="align_center">WF-1A</td><td class="align_center">WF-1B</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="2"><i>μ</i></td><td class="align_center">Test</td><td class="align_center">3.46</td><td class="align_center">3.22</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">FE</td><td class="align_center">4.87</td><td class="align_center">3.50</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="2"><i>E</i><sub><i>h</i></sub></td><td class="align_center">Test</td><td class="align_center">3.10</td><td class="align_center">2.82</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">FE</td><td class="align_center">3.26</td><td class="align_center">2.95</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Ductility coefficient <i>μ</i> and energy dissipation coefficient <i>E</i><sub><i>h</i></sub>.</div>

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Table 2: Analysis on Fracture Behavior and Optimization of Beam-Column Connections with Expanded Flanges of Steel Frames 