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    Buckling-Restrained Braced Frames (BRBFS)

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    The document discusses buckling-restrained braced frames (BRBFs) which use special brace members called buckling-restrained braces (BRBs). BRBs resist lateral forces through cyclic yielding in tension and compression without buckling. This allows BRBFs to have high stiffness and ductility. A BRB consists of a steel core within a concrete or mortar casing to restrain the core from buckling under compression.

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    Buckling-Restrained Braced Frames (BRBFS)

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    The document discusses buckling-restrained braced frames (BRBFs) which use special brace members called buckling-restrained braces (BRBs). BRBs resist lateral forces through cyclic yielding in tension and compression without buckling. This allows BRBFs to have high stiffness and ductility. A BRB consists of a steel core within a concrete or mortar casing to restrain the core from buckling under compression.

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    Basics of BRB

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    The document discusses buckling-restrained braced frames (BRBFs) which use special brace members called buckling-restrained braces (BRBs). BRBs resist lateral forces through cyclic yielding in tension and compression without buckling. This allows BRBFs to have high stiffness and ductility. A BRB consists of a steel core within a concrete or mortar casing to restrain the core from buckling under compression.

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    Buckling-Restrained Braced Frames (BRBFS)

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    The document discusses buckling-restrained braced frames (BRBFs) which use special brace members called buckling-restrained braces (BRBs). BRBs resist lateral forces through cyclic yielding in tension and compression without buckling. This allows BRBFs to have high stiffness and ductility. A BRB consists of a steel core within a concrete or mortar casing to restrain the core from buckling under compression.

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    Buckling-Restrained Braced Frames (BRBFs)

    Description and Basic Behavior of BucklingRestrained Braced Frames and Buckling-Restrained

    Braces

    AISC Seismic Provisions for Buckling-Restrained


    Braced Frames

    Buckling-Restrained Braced Frames (BRBFs)

    Type of concentrically braced


    frame.

    Beams, columns and braces


    arranged to form a vertical
    truss. Resist lateral
    earthquake forces by truss
    action.

    Special type of brace members


    used: Buckling-Restrained
    Braces (BRBs). BRBS yield
    both in tension and
    compression - no buckling !!

    Buckling-Restrained Braced Frames (BRBFs)

    Develop ductility through


    inelastic action (cyclic
    tension and compression
    yielding) in BRBs.

    System combines high


    stiffness with high
    ductility.

    Fig. 11.3 Bruneau et al., 2011 (Courtesy of Seismic Isolation


    Engineering, Inc., Berkeley, CA)

    Buckling-Restrained Brace
    BucklingRestrained Brace:
    Steel Core
    +
    Casing

    Casing

    Steel Core

    Buckling-Restrained Brace

    Casing

    BucklingRestrained Brace:
    Steel Core
    +
    Casing

    Steel Core

    Steel jacket
    Mortar

    Debonding material

    Section A-A

    Buckling-Restrained Brace

    Steel core resists entire axial force P


    Casing is debonded from steel core
    - casing does not resist axial force P
    - flexural stiffness of casing restrains buckling of core

    Buckling-Restrained Brace
    BucklingRestrained Brace:
    Steel Core
    +
    Casing

    Steel Core
    Restrained Yielding Segment
    Core projection and
    brace connection
    segment
    Restrained nonyielding segment
    (enlarged to ensure elastic response)

    Brace Behavior Under Cyclic Axial Loading


    P
    Conventional Brace:

    Py

    yields in tension (ductile)

    PCR

    buckles in compression
    (nonducile)

    significantly different
    strength in tension and
    compression

    Brace Behavior Under Cyclic Axial Loading


    P
    Buckling-Restrained Brace:

    Py

    yields in tension (ductile)

    PCR

    yields in compression
    (ductile)

    similar strength in tension


    and compression (slightly
    stronger in compression)

    Py

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