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Table 4 Lateral strength and ductility of test specimens.

From: Experimental Cyclic Behavior of Precast Hybrid Beam-Column Connections with Welded Components

Specimen

Direction

QM (kN)

0.75 QM (kN)

Q3.5 (kN)

ΘY,eff (%)

ΘU (%)

µe

MONO

Push

189.3

142.0

175.5

0.8

4.0

5.0

Pull

183.8

137.9

144.8

0.96

3.5

3.7

SP1

Push

231.6

173.7

140.3

0.86

3.3

3.8

Pull

287.8

215.9

N.A.

1.0

2.5

2.5

SP1-R

Push

263.2

197.4

210.6

1.1

5.0

4.5

Pull

256.9

192.7

130.6

0.96

3.5

3.6

SP2

Push

249.5

187.1

179.1

0.91

3.7

4.1

Pull

237.5

178.1

161.7

1.16

3.9

3.4

SP3

Push

231.2

173.4

168

0.9

3.9

4.3

Pull

235.8

176.9

154.5

0.9

3.7

4.1

SP3-R

Push

225.7

169.3

125.7

0.7

3.5

5.1

Pull

228.2

171.1

173.2

1.0

3.5

3.5