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Mar 1978
Eccentrically Braced Steel Frames for Earthquakes
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Volume 104, Issue 3
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A unique, practical structural steel system that possesses many advantages in the seismic design of structures is described. The system employs diagonal bracing with large eccentricity between the brace-beam connection and the beam column joint. The eccentricity provides a ductile fuse that yields in shear and prevents brace buckling. Static and dynamic analyses indicates that this system can perform well during earthquakes, because it combines the stiffness of a braced frame with the excellent energy dissipation of a moment-resisting frame. One-third-scale experiments showed that the system behaves as predicted in the analyses. It dissipates large amounts of energy while maintaining a very stiff structure, and it offers many potential applications in the seismic design of structures.
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Journal of the Structural Division
Volume 104 • Issue 3 • March 1978
Pages: 391 - 412
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© 1978 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Mar 1978
Published online: Feb 1, 2021
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Charles W. Roeder, AM.ASCE
Grad. Student, Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Univ. of California, Berkeley, Calif.
Egor P. Popov, F.ASCE
Prof., Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Univ. of California, Berkeley, Calif.
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