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Among the typologies proposed, the so-called RBS (Reduced Beam Section) has gained wide acceptance in the construction market, leading to easy-to-construct and cost-effective solutions. As an alternative, new proposals based on the inclusion of friction devices in beam-to-column joints have recently been made. Such a practice has the merit, in case of destructive events, of exhibiting wide and stable hysteretic cycles concentrating damage in elements that undergo only minor yielding. Both RBS and friction joints have been widely studied, carrying out experimental tests on sub-assemblies investigating their cyclic rotational response. Nevertheless, the available experimental results on full-scale structures equipped with these connections are still quite limited. This is the reason why two experimental campaigns aimed at performing pseudo-dynamic testing of a full-scale two-storey steel building equipped with RBS and friction connections have been planned at the STRENGTH (STRuctural ENGineering Test Hall) Laboratory of the University of Salerno. The first experimental campaign with the structure equipped with RBSs has already been performed; the connections showed higher resistance than expected, and exhibited brittle fracture due to cyclic fatigue. The second campaign has not yet been carried out, but in this paper the blind analysis of the supposed behavior is reported. It is expected that the friction joints allow to dissipate the seismic input energy without any structural damage in the members, but only through the friction pads of the devices, which can be easily replaced at the end of a severe seismic event.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/sym12122091","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,12,16]],"date-time":"2020-12-16T22:12:06Z","timestamp":1608156726000},"page":"2091","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Seismic Behavior of Moment-Resisting Frames with Conventional and Innovative Connections"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9500-1182","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sabatino","family":"Di Benedetto","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy"}]},{"given":"Antonella Bianca","family":"Francavilla","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy"}]},{"given":"Massimo","family":"Latour","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy"}]},{"given":"Giovanni","family":"Ferrante Cavallaro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4630-5614","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Vincenzo","family":"Piluso","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy"}]},{"given":"Gianvittorio","family":"Rizzano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,12,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"(2005). 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