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Finite element analyses have been carried out to investigate the factors that contributed to failure of the welded connections in moment resisting steel framed building as involved in the Northridge earthquake. The particular structure chosen for analysis was a four-storey frame typical of ones in which a significant number of brittle fractures had been reported. Analyses have been carried out under...