{"title":"Improving the behavior of concentrically braced frame braces using a flexural damper: Experimental and numerical study","authors":"Seong‐Hoon Jeong, Ali Ghamari, Akram Jawdhari","doi":"10.1002/tal.2059","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Summary Although the concentrically braced frames (CBFs) systems have high lateral elastic stiffness and strength, they reflect a low seismic energy absorption capacity mainly due to their diagonal buckling under compressive loading. To overcome this problem, researchers have proposed metallic shear damper as the most popular due to its satisfactory performance and affordable cost. In this paper, an innovative metallic damper with a flexural mechanism is proposed to improve the behavior of CBF systems. It provides ease of fabrication and replacement after damage, competitive cost, and improved resistance to buckling of the CBF member. The performance of the damper was evaluated experimentally and numerically. Subsequently, two types of dampers, (a) made of rectangular flexural plates (RFP) and (b) made of I‐shaped flexural plates (IFP), were designed and evaluated. Experimental as well as numerical results indicated that both dampers provide stable and symmetrical hysteresis curves with a high energy absorption capacity. Results indicated that the IFP damper has greater stiffness (1.94–2.3 times) and ultimate strength (1.76 times) but a lower overstrength (66% less) and ductility (47% less) than the RFP damper. Moreover, design expressions were presented for the proposed damper and showed a good agreement with finite element results.","PeriodicalId":49470,"journal":{"name":"Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8000,"publicationDate":"2023-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1002/tal.2059","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Summary Although the concentrically braced frames (CBFs) systems have high lateral elastic stiffness and strength, they reflect a low seismic energy absorption capacity mainly due to their diagonal buckling under compressive loading. To overcome this problem, researchers have proposed metallic shear damper as the most popular due to its satisfactory performance and affordable cost. In this paper, an innovative metallic damper with a flexural mechanism is proposed to improve the behavior of CBF systems. It provides ease of fabrication and replacement after damage, competitive cost, and improved resistance to buckling of the CBF member. The performance of the damper was evaluated experimentally and numerically. Subsequently, two types of dampers, (a) made of rectangular flexural plates (RFP) and (b) made of I‐shaped flexural plates (IFP), were designed and evaluated. Experimental as well as numerical results indicated that both dampers provide stable and symmetrical hysteresis curves with a high energy absorption capacity. Results indicated that the IFP damper has greater stiffness (1.94–2.3 times) and ultimate strength (1.76 times) but a lower overstrength (66% less) and ductility (47% less) than the RFP damper. Moreover, design expressions were presented for the proposed damper and showed a good agreement with finite element results.
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The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings provides structural engineers and contractors with a detailed written presentation of innovative structural engineering and construction practices for tall and special buildings. It also presents applied research on new materials or analysis methods that can directly benefit structural engineers involved in the design of tall and special buildings. The editor''s policy is to maintain a reasonable balance between papers from design engineers and from research workers so that the Journal will be useful to both groups. The problems in this field and their solutions are international in character and require a knowledge of several traditional disciplines and the Journal will reflect this.
The main subject of the Journal is the structural design and construction of tall and special buildings. The basic definition of a tall building, in the context of the Journal audience, is a structure that is equal to or greater than 50 meters (165 feet) in height, or 14 stories or greater. A special building is one with unique architectural or structural characteristics.
However, manuscripts dealing with chimneys, water towers, silos, cooling towers, and pools will generally not be considered for review. The journal will present papers on new innovative structural systems, materials and methods of analysis.