U.S.-China Cooperative Research (Engineering): Theoretical Analysis and Experimental Investigation of Semi Rigid Steel Frames

这是普渡大学的陈伟发（Wai-Fah Chen）和中国重庆建筑工程学院（CIAEC）的H.B. Wu和S.P. Zhou的一个为期两年的合作项目。国家自然科学基金和中国国家科学基金资助项目。钢结构的稳定性分析与设计是当今结构工程中的重要问题之一。尽管规模不同，但美国和中国也存在一些类似的重要结构稳定性问题。在这个项目中，主要研究人员将进行全面的实验测试和分析模型，试图解决钢框架结构的稳定性问题。普渡大学的研究小组将主要研究半刚性连接的扩展数据库，以及基本的数学公式和基于计算机的模型开发。CIAEC小组将主要进行全面测试。每支队伍将在对方的设施中度过一段时间。预期合作研究的主要结果将为可能的下一次修订现行的《建筑物结构钢的设计、制造和安装规范》提供必要的基础，这些规范在美国和中国使用。

This is a two-year collaborative project between Wai-Fah Chen of Purdue University and H.B. Wu and S.P. Zhou of the Chongqing Institute of Architecture and Engineering of China (CIAEC). It is supported by the National Science Foundation and the National Science Foundation of China. Stability analysis and design of steel structures is one of the most important structural engineering problems today. Several important structural stability problems of similar type exist in the United States and China, despite their differences in scale. In this project, the principal inves- tigators will undertake full-scale experimental tests and analytical modeling to attempt to solve stability problems in steel framed structures. The Purdue team will work principally on the expanded data bank for semi-rigid connections and on the basic mathematical formulation and computer-based model development. The CIAEC team will work principally on the full-scale tests. Each team will spend time in the other's facility. It is expected that major findings resulting from the cooperative research will provide the necessary basis for possible next revision of current Specifications for Design, Fabrication and Erection of Structural Steel for Buildings, which are used in the United States and China.