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Damage-induced material softening and its effect on seismic performance of steel structures

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A numerical approach for simulating the seismic performance of steel truss structures, considering damage-induced material softening, is developed based on a ductile damage constitutive model by applying the backward Euler explicit algorithm. It is implemented in ABAQUS through a user-defined material subroutine, by which damage evolution could be incorporated into the analysis of seismic performance of steel structures. The case study taken up here is the investigation of a steel connection with a reduced beam section (RBS) and a steel frame with such connections. The material softening effect during the failure process is particularly investigated. The results show that material softening in the vulnerable zone has a significant effect on the distribution of stress and strain fields, as well as on the carrying capacity of the steel connection with RBS. Further, material softening is found to have almost negligible effect on the seismic performance of the steel frame in the early stages of the loading process, but has a large effect when the steel frame is about to fail. These findings offer a practical reference for the assessment of seismic structural failure, and help in understanding the damage mechanism of steel structures under seismic loading.

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    XinYue Wang, Bin Sun & ZhaoXia Li

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Wang, X., Sun, B. & Li, Z. Damage-induced material softening and its effect on seismic performance of steel structures. Sci. China Technol. Sci. 59, 1559–1572 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11431-016-6093-3

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