Analytical expressions for preliminary design of dissipative bracing systems in steel frames

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• 作者：Laura Ragni ; Aless ; ro Zona ; Andrea Dall’ ; Asta
• 关键词：Braced steel frames ; Viscoelastic dampers ; Elastomeric dampers ; Elastoplastic dampers ; Buckling restrained braces ; Displacement-based design ; Seismic design
• 刊名：Journal of Constructional Steel Research
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：January 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：67
• 期：1
• 页码：102-113
• 全文大小：1004 K

文摘

In this paper a direct displacement-based design (DDBD) method for seismic design of steel frames equipped with dissipative braces is proposed. Attention is focused on concentric braced steel frames with pinned beam-to-column joints in which the bracing system (with viscoelastic or elastoplastic dissipative devices) is the main seismic resistant component. The proposed design method uses an equivalent continuous model where flexural deformability and shear deformability are related respectively to columns and diagonals of the bracing system. In this way, analytical expressions of the required flexural and shear stiffness distributions are obtained. These expressions are quite simple and can be conveniently used in preliminary design of dissipative diagonal braces and columns. Examples are shown for steel frames with dissipative braces based on elastomeric dampers (viscoelastic devices) and steel frames with buckling-restrained braces (elastoplastic devices). Results of time history analyses are illustrated and discussed in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed DDBD procedure.