
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Finite element modelling of shear tab connections including
damage simulation
A. Mirzaei & C.A. Rogers
McGill University, Montréal, Canada
R. Tremblay
École Polytechnique de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
ABSTRACT: A common approach to connect steel beams to columns is to use shear tabs. Numerous laboratory
test programs of these connections have been completed; however, the development of finite element models
that accurately capture their behaviour lags behind. A series of full-scale lab tests were ...