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Development and subassemblage cyclic testing of hybrid buckling-restrained steel braces

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Buckling-restrained braced frames (BRBFs) are vulnerable to relatively higher post-earthquake residual drifts under high intensity ground shakings. This is primarily due to the low axial elastic and post-elastic stiffness of buckling-restrained braces (BRBs) satisfying the design force demand requirements. In the present study, a hybrid buckling restrained bracing system consisting of a short yielding core length BRB component and a conventional buckling-type brace component connected in series has been developed with an aim to increase the axial stiffness of braces. This study is focused on the experimental investigation of six hybrid bucking restrained braces (HBRBs) to investigate their overall behavior, load-resisting capacity, strength-adjustment factors and energy dissipation potential. The main parameters varied are the cross-sectional area, the yielding length of core elements as well as the detailing of buckling-restraining system of short yielding core length BRBs. Test results showed that the HBRBs with yielding core length in the range of 30% of work-point to work-point lengths withstood an axial strain of 6% without any instability and can deliver stable and balanced hysteretic response and excellent energy dissipation under reversed cyclic loading conditions.

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The authors are thankful to Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India for the financial assistance to carry out this experimental work under sponsored project No. IITD/TRD/RP02619. The help and support received from the staff members of the Heavy Structures Laboratory, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, is greatly appreciated.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kozhikode, Kerala, 673601, India

    Muhamed Safeer Pandikkadavath

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, 110016, India

    Dipti Ranjan Sahoo

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Pandikkadavath, M.S., Sahoo, D.R. Development and subassemblage cyclic testing of hybrid buckling-restrained steel braces. Earthq. Eng. Eng. Vib. 19, 967–983 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11803-020-0607-5

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