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Steel and Composite Structures Volume 18, Number 4, April 2015 , pages 971-983 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/scs.2015.18.4.971 |
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Experimental research on seismic behavior of a composite RCS frame |
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Jinjie Men, Yarong Zhang, Zhifeng Guo and Qingxuan Shi
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| Abstract | ||
| To promote greater acceptance and use of composite RCS systems, a two-bay two-story frame specimen with improved composite RCS joint details was tested in the laboratory under reversed cyclic loading. The test revealed superior seismic performance with stable load versus story drift response and excellent deformation capacity for an inter-story drift ratio up to 1/25. It was found that the failure process of the frame meets the strong-column weak-beam criterion. Furthermore, cracking inter-story drift ratio and ultimate inter-story drift ratio both satisfy the limitation prescribed by the design code. Additionally, inter-story drift ratios at yielding and peak load stage provide reference data for Performance-Based Seismic Design (PBSD) approaches for composite RCS frames. An advantage over conventional reinforced concrete and steel moment frame systems is that the displacement ductility coefficient of the RCS frame system is much larger. To conclude, the test results prove that composite RCS frame systems perform satisfactorily under simulated earthquake action, which further validates the reliability of this innovative system. Based on the test result, some suggestions are presented for the design of composite RCS frame systems. | ||
| Key Words | ||
| composite structure; RCS; composite joint; capacity; ductility; seismic response | ||
| Address | ||
| College of Civil Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture & Technology, 13 Yanta Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, 710055, China. | ||