I stood up and whimpered. I took a step but couldn’t complete it, my foot hovering inches from the ground. My ankles were so sore that I couldn’t walk without my knees buckling. It took me five minutes to make the fifty metres to breakfast that morning. So, I quit. I had to,...
A new configuration has been suggested for knee braced steel frames to avoid buckling of diagonal member. High performance of KBF is based on the plastic deformation of knee anchor. Buckling of diagonal member deranges this functionality and causes to reduction in ductility level and energy ...