Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4923400 | Journal of Constructional Steel Research | 2017 | 17 Pages |
Abstract
A three-segment steel brace has been developed and investigated by means of numerical and experimental studies. The objective of the development was to develop a brace member that exhibits stable and symmetrical cyclic response under cyclic loading. The concept was conceived by extending a conventional elastic buckling of a column with variable sections to include post-buckling deformation. The concept was first examined using FEM-based simulations, and tested experimentally with an ensemble of small-scale brace specimens under cyclic loads. Seismic response of CBFs with conventional buckling braces and the three-segment braces were compared and results are discussed in terms of drift, brace and beam ductility demands. The results indicate that the tested three-segment braces specimens were capable of exhibiting stable and symmetrical hysteretic response, as well as dissipating a greater amount of energy compared to conventional buckling braces. Further, the dynamic analyses results point out that substituting the conventional buckling braces with the three-segment braces substantially mitigates the seismic demand on the braced frames.
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Authors
Onur Seker, Bulent Akbas, Pinar Toru Seker, Mahmoud Faytarouni, Jay Shen, Mustafa Mahamid,