It has long been recognized that the contribution of bracing, cladding may be included in the design of steel frameworks. On the other hand, — due to the very sophisticated interaction between frames and bracing, cladding — the theoretical solutions need experimental, numerical verification.The Laboratory of Structural Engineering, Technical University of Budapest in 1976–81 carried out theoretical and experimental investigations on full-scale simple elastic-plastic frames. Our goal is to help the design and refurbishment of structures by comparing the experimental results to the results of the virtual structure, modeled by a finite element software.This time we focus on a horizontally displaced building section consisting of three frames, that was retracted with the use of the cross bracing of the end-frame. Some problems of modeling will be presented.
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Iványi M, Kálló M, Tomka P. Experimental investigation of full-scale industrial building section, Stability of Steel Structures, in memory of Ottó Halász, Vol. 1, pp. 509–516 Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1988.
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