Seismic performance and new design procedure for chevron-braced frames

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 433-452

  Marino, Edoardo M ^a   Nakashima, Masayoshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behaviour factor; Brace; Chevron braced frame; Seismic code; Steel structure

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); DUCTILITY; STEEL STRUCTURES; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; YIELD STRESS;

CHEVRON-BRACED FRAME; SEISMIC CODE;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33645504965     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: 10969845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.539     Document Type: Article

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