TY - JOUR AB - In order to determine the ductility features of steel structures, several approaches have been introduced in the bibliography. In this paper a certain method is proposed which considers the actual form of the momentā€rotation curve, including the possible softening branches. Moreover, stability phenomena are also taken into account as they significantly influence the overall response of the structure. For the effective application of the considered method, a solution algorithm was developed, mainly based on the nonconvex optimization theory. The numerical applications that follow demonstrate the applicability of the adopted approach. VL - 17 IS - 5 SN - 0264-4401 DO - 10.1108/02644400010339789 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/02644400010339789 AU - Karakostas S.M. AU - Mistakidis E.S. PY - 2000 Y1 - 2000/01/01 TI - Evaluation of the ductility features in steel structures with softening momentā€rotation behaviour based on a nonconvex optimization formulation T2 - Engineering Computations PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 573 EP - 592 Y2 - 2024/05/10 ER -