[EN] Special Truss Moment frame (STMF) is an open web truss moment frame, which dissipates the input seismic energy through a well-defined ductile special segment located near the mid-span of truss while other members of ...
Navarro-Gómez, Alberto; Bonet Senach, José Luís(Elsevier, 2019)
[EN] In the design of concrete buildings in seismic zones, ductility is normally used to reduce design efforts and as a form of energy dissipation. This implies structural damage to buildings in the form of interstorey ...