Steel Rack Connections: Identification of Most Influential Factors and a Comparison of Stiffness Design Methods.

Steel pallet rack (SPR) beam-to-column connections (BCCs) are largely responsible to avoid the sway failure of frames in the down-aisle direction. The overall geometry of beam end connectors commercially used in SPR BCCs is different and does not allow a generalized analytic approach for all types o...

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Main Authors: S N R Shah, N H Ramli Sulong, Mahdi Shariati, M Z Jumaat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4599833?pdf=render