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Shear modelling of the beam-column joint in the nonlinear static analysis of r.c. framed structures retrofitted with damped braces

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The adoption of a reliable shear model for predicting brittle failure modes of a reinforced concrete (r.c.) beam-column joint, beyond ductile flexural mechanisms at member level, is essential to retrofit r.c. framed buildings properly. The retrofitting of existing structures by means of the insertion of hysteretic damped braces (HYDBs) turns out to be a highly effective means of improving seismic response. In the present work, a Displacement-Based Design (DBD) procedure to proportion the HYDBs to attain, for a specific level of seismic intensity, a designated performance level has been revisited in order to take into account the effects of the nonlinear shear response of beam-column joints. To this end, two-, four- and eight-storey r.c. framed structures, representative of low-, mid- and high-rise r.c. framed buildings, are designed in line with a former Italian seismic code for a medium-risk seismic zone. These are then to be retrofitted by inserting HYDBs to attain performance levels imposed by the current Italian code in a high-risk seismic zone. A computer code for the nonlinear static analysis of r.c. framed structures has been developed, involving local shear response of beam-column joints. A path-following analysis based on the arc-length method has been adopted to obtain the pushover curves of primary and retrofitted test structures, with and without nonlinear shear modelling of the beam-column joints, and the HYDB response is idealized by a bilinear law on the assumption that buckling of the steel braces is prevented.

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The present work was financed by Re.L.U.I.S. (Italian network of university laboratories of earthquake engineering), in accordance with “Convenzione D.P.C.–Re.L.U.I.S. 2017, PR6 line, Isolation and Dissipation”.

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Mazza, F. Shear modelling of the beam-column joint in the nonlinear static analysis of r.c. framed structures retrofitted with damped braces. Bull Earthquake Eng 16, 2043–2066 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-017-0269-5

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