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Eccentric steel brace retrofit for seismic upgrading of deficient reinforced concrete frames

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The paper presents a simplified static force-based procedure for seismic retrofit design of RC frames using internal eccentric steel braces (ESBs), connected to long beam at distance of L/8 from beam ends, to enhance seismic resistance of the frame. The technique uses the linear static procedure given in ASCE 7-16 for calculation of appropriate design base shear for frame analysis, and the AISC 360-16 seismic provisions for preliminary design of steel braces. Response modification factor R was derived based on simplified kinematics of rigid frame response and flexure hinging of link beam, to reduce the elastic base shear force for lateral load analysis of frame and design of steel braces. This shifts plastic hinges from columns, and reduces joint shear deformation, by means of capacity protected braces and beam shear. The procedure was used for the preliminary design of ESB retrofitting technique for a two-story RC frame, employing hollow box steel sections. Quasi-static cyclic tests were performed on both as-built and ESB retrofitted portal frame panels under multiple-levels of lateral displacements demands. The tests performed on frames were analysed to understand the damage mechanism and retrieve the essential seismic response properties: force–displacement capacity curves, hysteretic cyclic response and hysteretic damping, and to establish performance-based story drift limits. The experimental data was used to calibrate finite element based nonlinear numerical models in SeismoStruct. Nonlinear static pushover analysis of considered two-story ESB retrofitted frame was carried to quantify structure ductility and response modification factors. The preliminary design was verified through nonlinear time history analysis (NLTHA) for both design base earthquakes and maximum considered earthquakes. Proposed seismic design of ESB retrofit for multi-stories RC frames having three to six stories has been presented and verified through NLTHA. It indicates the promising behaviour of ESB retrofit technique as well as the efficiency of the proposed simplified design procedure.

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Ahmad, N., Masoudi, M. Eccentric steel brace retrofit for seismic upgrading of deficient reinforced concrete frames. Bull Earthquake Eng 18, 2807–2841 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-020-00808-0

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