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Steel and Composite Structures Volume 21, Number 4, July20 2016 , pages 687-702 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/scs.2016.21.4.687 |
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Seismic behavior of concentrically steel braced frames and their use in strengthening of reinforced concrete frames by external application |
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Alptug Unal and Mevlut Yasar Kaltakci
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| Abstract | ||
| There are many studies in the literature conducted on the subject of ensuring earthquake safety of reinforced concrete and steel structures using steel braced frames, but no detailed study concerning individual behavior of steel braced frames under earthquake loads and strengthening of reinforced concrete structures with out-of-plane steel braced frames has been encountered. In this study, in order to evaluate behaviors of "Concentrically Steel Braced Frames" types defined in TEC-2007 under lateral loads, dimensional analysis of Concentrically Steel Braced Frames designed with different scales and dimensions was conducted, the results were controlled according to TEC-2007, and after conducting static pushover analysis, behavior and load capacity of the Concentrically Steel Braced Frames and hinges sequence of the elements constituting the Concentrically Steel Braced Frames were tested. Concentrically Steel Braced Frames that were tested analytically consist of 2 storey and one bay, and are formed as two groups with the scales 1/2 and 1/3. In the study, Concentrically Steel Braced Frames described in TEC-2007 were designed, which are 7 types in total being non-braced, X-braced, V- braced, Λ- braced, \\- braced, /- braced and K- braced. Furthermore, in order to verify accuracy of the analytic studies performed, the 1/2 scaled concentrically steel X-braced frame test element made up of box profiles and 1/3 scaled reinforced concrete frame with insufficient earthquake resistance were tested individually under lateral loads, and test results were compared with the results derived from analytic studies and interpreted. Similar results were obtained from both experimental studies and pushover analyses. According to pushover analysis results, load-carrying capacity of 1/3 scaled reinforced concrete frames increased up to 7,01 times as compared to the non-braced specimen upon strengthening. Results acquired from the study revealed that reinforced concrete buildings which have inadequate seismic capacity can be strengthened quickly, easily and economically by this method without evacuating them. | ||
| Key Words | ||
| concentrically steel braced frames; reinforced concrete frames; design and construction mistakes; pushover analysis; strengthening | ||
| Address | ||
| (1) Alptug Unal: Department of Civil Engineering, Selcuk University, Engineering Faculty, Konya, Turkey; (2) Mevlut Yasar Kaltakci: Department of Civil Engineering, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Engineering Faculty, Gaziantep, Turkey. | ||