Large-scale testing of steel unbonded braces for energy dissipation

Structures Congress 2000: Advanced Technology in Structural Engineering

Volumn 103, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Clark, Peter W ^a   Aiken, Ian D ^a   Kasai, Kazuhiko ^b   Kimura, Isao ^c  

^a Seismic Isolation Engineering Inc   (United States)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bracing; Buildings; Energy dissipation; Fatigue tests; Steel

Indexed keywords

AXIAL LOADING; BRACING; COMPRESSION BUCKLING; CONCRETE FILLED STEEL TUBE; CYCLIC LOADINGS; DISPLACEMENT-TIME HISTORY; FATIGUE TESTS; LARGE SCALE TESTING; LARGE SCALE TESTS; LOADING HISTORY; LOW-CYCLE FATIGUE TESTS; NEAR-FIELD; SEISMIC ANALYSIS; STEEL BEAMS; UNBONDED BRACES; YIELD FORCE;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY DISSIPATORS; FATIGUE TESTING; MARTENSITIC STAINLESS STEEL; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TESTING; TUBULAR STEEL STRUCTURES;

STEEL TESTING;

EID: 74949112788     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40492(2000)12     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

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2. Reina, P, and Normile, D (1997), "Fully Braced for Seismic Survival," Engineering News Record, July 21, 1997, pp. 34-36.
3. Clark, P., Aiken, I., Kasai, K., Ko, E., and Kimura, I. (1999), "Design Procedures for Buildings Incorporating Hysteretic Damping Devices," Proceedings of 1999 Annual Convention of the Structural Engineers Association of California, Santa Barbara, California.