TY - BOOK AU - Mohamed Karam Hussein Ismail AU - Hossam Abdelghaffour Hodhod , AU - Sherif Ahmed Mourad , TI - Experimental and analyical assessment of end plate connections under axial tensile force / PY - 2013/// CY - Cairo : PB - Mohamed Karam Hussein Ismail , KW - End plate connection KW - Experimental assessment KW - Finite element analysis N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Engineering - Department of Civil Engineering; Issued also as CD N2 - The thesis presents an analytical and experimental investigation of the behavior of end plate connections under axial tensile force . Three- dimensional non- linear finite element models have been established to study the distribution of bolt forces in end plate connection as well as yield pattern of steel end plate and stress concentration in web of beam / column ER -