Development of Inelastic Panel Zone Database

This data paper reviews the experimental research on fully restrained beam-to-column connections for steel moment-resisting frames (MRFs) over the last 50  years50  years worldwide and presents an experimental database consisting of 100 tests with an emphasis on those exhibiting inelastic panel zone behavior. The collected data, which is organized in a consistent format, includes full digitized histories of the local panel zone shear force–shear distortion as well as the global force–displacement hysteretic diagrams of each experiment. In most cases the original data was only available in paper format. The gathered dataset suggests that the existing panel zone models that are currently used for the seismic design of steel MRFs deviate, in some cases considerably,…