题名: |
Experimental Evaluation and Design Procedure for All-Steel Tube-in-Tube Buckling Restrained Braces |
正文语种: |
eng |
作者: |
Gary S. Prinz;Paul W. Richards |
作者单位: |
Univ. of Arkansas;DuraFuse Frames |
关键词: |
Tube-in-Tube brace;Experimental testing;Buckling-restrained brace (BRB) |
摘要: |
Abstract This study presents an experimental investigation into the cyclic performance of a new tube-in-tube buckling restrained brace (BRB) configuration. In this study, reduced- and large-scale brace geometries are tested to quantify inelastic hysteretic response, understand core confinement parameters, and determine the influence of end connection constraints. A total of 11 reduced-scale brace specimens are cyclically tested, along with three large-scale braces representing two core geometries and two core constraint configurations. Results from the reduced- and large-scale brace testing suggest that the tube-in-tube BRB configurations are capable of achieving the required inelastic capacity for qualification in AISC 341-16 specifications. All scaled specimens survived cumulative inelastic demands that exceeded 240 times the yield displacement (with several surviving more than 400 times the yield displacement). Results indicate that tube-in-tube BRBs are capable of producing stable tension-compression hysteretic behavior during cyclic loading. Measured β values for the large-scale Specimen G2 were lower than 1.06 for all deformation cycles at or below 9.2Δby, while measured β values for the large-scale Specimen G3 were lower than 1.07 for all cycles at or below 3.6Δby. The peak β value for Specimens G2 and G3 was 1.16 and occurred during the 15.3Δby and 7.1Δby cycles, respectively. |
出版年: |
2024 |
期刊名称: |
Journal of structural engineering |
卷: |
150 |
期: |
1 |
页码: |
1.1-1.15 |