简介:Asimplifiedfatigue-lifemodelisproposedforassessingtheseismicinelasticrotationalcapacityofsteelconnections.Firstrelationsaredevelopedforrigidsteelconnectionsunderlateralloading.Nextthisisextendedtoaccountfortheeffectsoftheweldedsteelmomentframe(WSMF)connectionsoftheso-calledpre-Northridgetype.Theseismicfatiguetheoryisvalidatedagainstexperimentalresults.Theexperimentswereconductedunderincreasingductilityamplitudcsuntiltheonsetoffracture.Miner'rulewasusedtoconvertthetestresultstogivenanequivalentconstantamplitudecyclicfatiguelife.Satisfactoryagreementisobtainedwhencomparingtheexperimentalobservationswiththetheoreticalpredictions.