Based on the experimental program findings presented in the present paper, it can be said that short coupling steel beams with reduced section can dissipate seismic energy though plastic deformations if properly detailed even if the shear – moment interaction occurs

Using a calibrated finite element model, the geometric parameters that influence the behavior of short coupling beams were identified

An interaction formula was proposed to account for the shear – moment interaction for plastic design of short coupling beams

A simplified pushover analysis using beam FEA was proposed to evaluate the behavior of frames with short coupling beams