A novel type of angle steel buckling-restrained brace: Cyclic behavior and failure mechanism

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1083-1102

  Zhao, Junxian ^a   Wu, Bin ^a   Ou, Jinping ^a,b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Angle steel; Brace end rotation; Buckling restrained brace; Compression flexure failure; Cyclic behavior; Hysteretic damper

Indexed keywords

BENDING MOMENTS; DAMPING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HYSTERESIS; ROTATION; STEEL CONSTRUCTION; WELDING;

ANGLE STEEL; BRACE END ROTATION; BUCKLING-RESTRAINED BRACE; COMPRESSION-FLEXURE FAILURE; CYCLIC BEHAVIOR; HYSTERETIC DAMPER;

BUCKLING;

BENDING; BUCKLING; COMPRESSION; CORRELATION; CYCLIC LOADING; DUCTILITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLEXURE; HYSTERESIS; SEISMIC DESIGN; STEEL STRUCTURE; UNIAXIAL STRENGTH;

EID: 79960593382     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: 10969845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.1071     Document Type: Article

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