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Steel and Composite Structures Volume 44, Number 6, September25 2022 , pages 899-312 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/scs.2022.44.6.899 |
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Hysteretic performance of the all-steel buckling-restrained brace with LY315 steel core |
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Xuan Wei, Lu Yang, Yohchia Frank Chen and Meng Wang
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| Abstract | ||
| To study the seismic performance of the all-steel buckling-restrained brace (BRB) using the novel soft steel LY315 for core member, a total of three identical BRBs were designed and a series of experimental and numerical studies were conducted. First, monotonic and cyclic loading tests were carried out to obtain the mechanical properties of LY315 steel. In addition, the parameters of the Chaboche model were calibrated based on the test results and then verified using ABAQUS. Second, three BRB specimens were tested under cyclic loads to investigate the seismic performance. The failure modes of all the specimens were identified and discussed. The test results indicate that the BRBs exhibit excellent energy dissipation capacity, good ductility, and excellent low-cycle fatigue performance. Then, a finite element (FE) model was established and verified with the test results. Furthermore, a parametric study was performed to further investigate the effects of gap size, restraining ratio, slenderness ratio of the yielding segment, and material properties of the core member on the load capacity and energy dissipation capacity of BRBs. | ||
| Key Words | ||
| Buckling-restrained brace (BRB); finite element analysis; LY315 steel; parametric study; seismic performance | ||
| Address | ||
| Xuan Wei:1)The Key Laboratory of Urban Security and Disaster Engineering of Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China 2)School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China Lu Yang:The Key Laboratory of Urban Security and Disaster Engineering of Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China Yohchia Frank Chen:School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China Meng Wang:School of Civil Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, China | ||