BRBFs的抗震性能分析

应用ANSYS软件对屈曲约束支撑钢框架(BRBFs)和普通支撑钢框架的抗震性能进行有限元数值模拟,分析了两种结构在基本烈度地震作用下和罕遇地震作用下的层位移、顶层加速度及层间相对位移等结构响应,结果表明,在小震作用下两种结构抗震性能均表现良好,但在罕遇地震作用下普通支撑钢框架由于支撑的平面外失稳,导致整个结构刚度退化,而屈曲约束支撑钢框架则能更加有效地控制结构的侧移,降低结构的地震响应。     

基于滑移连接的防屈曲支撑钢框架节点抗震性能研究

防屈曲支撑（BRB）是一种拉压均可全截面屈服耗能而不屈曲的金属阻尼器,在建筑结构的抗震减震设计中得到广泛应用。然而,由于大变形下支撑框架节点存在显著开合效应,在罕遇地震作用下易出现节点板和相邻梁柱构件的提早断裂现象,限制了BRB抗震性能的充分发挥。为此,在总结BRB钢框架节点的现行设计方法及节点失效模式基础上,提出了可释放节点开合效应的滑移连接节点板,采用低摩擦材料减小接触面摩擦力。建立有限元模型,通过与传统焊接节点板对比,分析两种不同连接对节点板、梁柱和BRB受力性能的影响。以此为基础,设计该类节点足尺试验模型,对其进行拟静力试验,分析其在往复荷载下的抗震性能。研究结果表明：所提出的滑移连接可有效释放节点板与梁柱之间的切向约束和开合效应,显著降低了节点板的塑性损伤,实现了罕遇地震作用下节点板弹性的性能目标;梁塑性铰由节点板端部移至梁柱交界面处,降低了梁柱构件的剪力水平和塑性损伤;在层间位移角4%下各关键构件仍具有饱满稳定的滞回性能,显著提高了BRB钢框架的抗震性能。     

Compressive behavior of dual-gusset-plate connections for buckling-restrained braced frames

This work conducts compression tests and finite element analyses for steel dual-gusset-plate connections used for buckling-restrained braced frames (BRBFs). Compared to a single-gusset-plate connection, dual gusset plates sandwiching a BRB core reduce gusset plate size, eliminate the need for splice plates, and enhance connection stability under compression. The experimental program investigated ultimate compression load by testing ten large dual-gusset-plate connections. Out-of-plane deformation of the gusset plate in the test resembled that of a buckled gusset plate with low bending rigidity provided by the BRB end. The general-purpose nonlinear finite element analysis program ABAQUS was applied for correlation analysis. A parametric study of the dual-gusset-plate connection was performed to study the effects of plate size, presence of centerline stiffeners, and beam and column boundaries on ultimate compression load. The ultimate compression load of the dual-gusset-plate connection could not be predicted based on the AISC-LRFD approach due to beam flange out-of-plane deformation. The ultimate compression load of the dual-gusset-plate connection was reasonably predicted using a column strip length from the Whitmore section to the workpoint of the beam and column centerlines and a buckling coefficient of K = 2.     

考虑填充墙影响的防屈曲支撑-钢框架抗震性能分析

按照7度设防标准设计一20层平面钢框架,采用层刚度比方法布置防屈曲支撑,通过计算分析选出合理的刚度比例。采用Wael三撑杆模型、改进的Atkinson和Yan本构关系曲线模拟填充墙,并建立含填充墙的20层防屈曲支撑-钢框架模型。采用增量动力分析(IDA)方法并结合ATC委员会的提出的倒塌储备系数(CMR)评价方法,对防屈曲支撑-钢框架和含有填充墙的防屈曲支撑-钢框架进行了抗震性能对比研究。结果表明,填充墙可以显著提高结构的抗侧刚度,并能增强结构在罕遇地震下的抗倒塌能力,通过合理的布置防屈曲支撑可使7度设防钢框架基本实现8度"大震不倒"的设防目标,同时表明CMR抗震性能评估方法在长周期结构中的应用需进一步研究。     

屈曲约束支撑混凝土框架结构地震反应折减系数研究

提出了一种运用静力推覆和FEMA440等效线性法求解结构体系地震反应折减系数的直接方法,运用此方法分析了按同一剪重比设计的3层、6层、9层的屈曲约束支撑混凝土框架地震反应折减系数,并用时程分析对结果加以验证。结果表明：运用此方法求解R值能够避免了繁琐的试算过程,具有足够的精度和保证率,屈曲约束支撑混凝土框架R值相比普通混凝土框架有明显提高。     

Seismic eccentrically braced frames

This paper provides an overview of the behavior and design of seismic-resistant eccentrically braced frames (EBFs). Basic characteristics of EBFs are first discussed. The important effects of link length on the performance of EBFs are reviewed. The capacity design concept for EGFs is then addressed. The paper addresses several design issues that appear to have been inadequately considered either in current practice or in the emerging seismic code provisions. Some important observations are provided from pseudodynamic tests of large EBFs and experimental studies of EBF subassemblages with link-to-box column connections conducted recently. Future research needs are discussed.     

Performance-based plastic design method for buckling-restrained braced frames

This paper presents a performance-based plastic design (PBPD) methodology for the design of buckling-restrained braced frames (BRBFs). The design base shear is obtained based on energy–work balance using pre-selected target drift and yield mechanism. Three low-to-medium rise BRBFs (3-story, 6-story and 9-story) were designed by the proposed methodology and their seismic performance was evaluated through extensive nonlinear time-history analyses using forty ground motions representing the DBE and the MCE hazard levels. Both isotropic and kinematic hardening characteristics of buckling-restrained braces were considered in the modeling of their force–deformation behaviors. All BRBFs considered in this study reached the intended performance objectives in terms of yield mechanisms and target drift levels. Since PBPD is a direct design method, no iterations were carried out to achieve the performance objectives of BRBFs.     

开孔钢板装配式屈曲约束支撑钢框架抗震性能试验研究

为研究开孔钢板装配式屈曲约束支撑（buckling-restrained brace,BRB）钢框架的抗震性能及框架平面外变形对其抗震性能的影响,对两个相同设计的单层单跨单斜式开孔钢板装配式BRB钢框架分别就是否考虑框架平面外变形情况下进行了拟静力试验,并对相同设计的开孔钢板装配式BRB构件进行了拟静力试验。结果表明：不考虑框架平面外变形和考虑框架平面外变形10mm的开孔钢板装配式BRB钢框架均表现出良好的滞回耗能性能,滞回曲线饱满且基本对称,满足GB 50011—2010《建筑抗震设计规范》最大弹塑性层间位移角1/50的限值要求;框架平面外变形10mm对开孔钢板装配式BRB钢框架平面内抗震性能影响很小,其弹性水平刚度、层间屈服剪力和层间最大剪力受框架平面外变形的影响略为降低,变化范围均在5%以内;框架平面外变形10mm对BRB轴向变形的影响很小,框架中开孔钢板装配式BRB和开孔钢板装配式BRB构件均具有良好的滞回性能,约在1/720层间位移角时先于钢框架进入屈服状态,发挥耗能作用,其滞回曲线饱满,延性良好,累积塑性变形能力系数均大于600,完全满足ANSI /AISC 341-10中要求的大于200的要求。     

某防屈曲支撑框架结构弹塑性时程分析

结合现行国家规范与规程,采用弹塑性时程分析方法,对某防屈曲支撑框架结构进行抗震分析,探讨该类结构在罕遇地震作用下的动力响应。重点讨论了在罕遇地震作用下结构的基底剪力、剪重比、层间位移角、构件塑性发展过程以及防屈曲支撑滞回耗能特性。计算结果显示,结构X向顶点最大位移为655mm,最大层间位移角为1/111;Y向顶点最大位移为745mm,最大层间位移角为1/103,均满足抗震规范的相关要求。动力弹塑性分析结果显示,无论从杆件塑性铰出现情况,还是从杆件的地震响应,以及不同位置防屈曲支撑的滞回曲线都可以看出,防屈曲支撑有效地吸收了一部分地震动传给结构的能量,减小了其地震响应。     

Seismic performance of floor-by-floor assembled steel braced structures with stiffened connections

This paper presents an overview of a full-scale testing on a tension-only concentrically braced beam-through frame (TCBBF). The implementation of TCBBF facilitates the construction of low-rise industrialised residential steel houses by means of floor-by-floor assembling. This type of TCBBF system features cold-formed hollow structural section columns connected to H-section through beams by end plate with bearing-type high-strength bolts. A two-storey, four-span by one-span TCBBF subjected to vertical loads was cyclically loaded horizontally to examine the seismic behaviour. Stable behaviour was observed up to a storey drift angle of 1/10. The cyclic behaviour was characterised by a linear response, a slip range and a significant hardening response. Deteriorating pinched hysteretic behaviour was notable for cyclic loading primarily because of cyclic brace compression buckling and tension yielding. TCBBF incorporates very slender bracing members that are unable to bear much axial load when subjected to compression. Alternating brace compression buckling and tension yielding induce unrecoverable plastic deformation, which results in a sharp decrease in the lateral system stiffness of TCBBF when lateral displacement becomes zero or around zero. Additionally, bracing members and frame members share different proportions of horizontal force although the dual systems bear the lateral forces collaboratively. The variation philosophy of distribution proportion of bracing and frame members is evaluated. Pushover analysis is undertaken to duplicate the test results and develop an analytical model, which is able to predict the elastic stiffness and the strength reasonably.     

防屈曲支撑钢框架结构中被撑柱抗震设计探讨

通过3个算例,对采用人字形和V字形的无粘结内藏钢板支撑剪力墙(即人字形和V字形防屈曲支撑)的防屈曲支撑钢框架结构的抗震性能进行分析。重点考察大震下,支撑的轴力分布和对被撑柱所受轴力的影响。分析表明,采用结构在一阶振型下的支撑轴力分布来设计被撑柱的做法,适用于多层的防屈曲支撑钢框架结构;而对于高层的防屈曲支撑钢框架结构,高振型影响较显著,上述设计方法对被撑柱的设计较保守,有必要考虑高振型参与下的支撑轴力分布来设计被撑柱。     

Seismic performance of steel frames with reduced beam section connections

Reduced beam section (RBS) moment resisting connections are among the most economical and practical rigid steel connections developed in the aftermath of the 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake. Although extensive experimental testing and some numerical simulations have shed light on the behavior of this type of connection, system level studies of RBS steel frames are still quite limited. As part of this research, nonlinear pushover and transient analyses of 4-, 8-, and 16-story frames with RBS connections are conducted with the objective of developing a better understanding of RBS frame behavior and exercising as well as critiquing the recently published FEMA-350 design specifications. The analyses confirm that in spite of inherently low overstrength, RBS frames are capable of economically providing good seismic performance in regions of high seismic risk. Other structural behavior issues with design implications are also discussed.     

Seismic behaviour of eccentrically braced frames

In the past, the analysis of the seismic behaviour of eccentrically braced frames designed in fulfilment of capacity design principles has highlighted the significant role of the link overstrength factor. The link overstrength factor is, however, unable to explain many seismic responses because it is defined on the basis of the sole elastic behaviour of structures. To achieve thorough comprehension of the seismic behaviour of eccentrically braced systems, a new parameter, called damage distribution capacity factor, is defined here. The proposed parameter is calculated on the basis of the inelastic structural behaviour and is intended to evaluate the effect of premature yielding of links on the ability of structures to develop significant inelastic behaviour of all links prior to link failure. The paper discusses the distribution of the damage distribution capacity factor in eccentrically braced structures designed in accordance with capacity design principles and the influence of this parameter on the seismic response of structures. Finally, an analytical relation is defined between overstrength factor of links, damage distribution capacity factor and plastic rotation of links to obtain quantitative evaluation of the structural damage of eccentrically braced structures upon first failure of links.     

Seismic design of concentric braced frames

In this paper some modifications to the design procedure, currently implemented in the modern European seismic code for ductile cross concentric braced frames (X-CBFs), are proposed. The code procedure is aimed to obtain a ductile and dissipative ultimate behaviour by imposing that the yielding of diagonal members occurs before the damage and premature failure of beams, columns and connections (capacity design); this approach, involving overstrength requirements and diagonal slenderness limitations, strongly affects the design of CBFs and generally leads to oversized structural solutions, thus suggesting a high weight premium related to the capacity design. The approach proposed by the authors in this paper consists of some modifications to the current design provisions of the European seismic codes, with the major aim of controlling the overstrength requirements to the non-dissipative members of braced frames, thus reducing the associated structural weight premium while preserving a satisfactory inelastic behaviour. In order to assess the reliability of the proposed approach, the results of non-linear FE analyses are presented in the paper with reference to three, and six‐ and nine‐storey buildings, for which different structural solutions are designed according to the current and the proposed approaches.     

Seismic performance of chevron braced frames with shape memory alloy vertical shear link

Chevron braced steel frames with vertical shear link have reliable displacement dependent dampers with sufficient strength and ductility to dissipate energy of strong earthquakes through inelastic mechanisms. In this study, shape memory alloy with its superelastic behavior is utilized as material of vertical shear link to improve the ductility characteristics of the system and decrease residual displacements in the structures due to its self‐centering capability. Nonlinear time‐history, incremental dynamic analysis, and dynamic pushover analysis techniques are used to investigate the behavior of two different four‐ and eight‐story frames with steel vertical shear link (STVL) and shape memory alloy vertical shear link (SMVL) under various earthquake records. The results show that there is a negligible residual displacement in the structures with SMVL, although considerable residual displacements can be observed in the structures with STVL. For instance, when the eight‐story frame is subjected to the Northridge earthquake, a 12‐cm residual displacement is observed in the structures with STVL, whereas the structures with SMVL might experience just 3‐cm residual displacement.     

Seismic performance of stiffness-based designed buckling-restrained braced frame and special moment-resisting frame dual systems

Conventional procedure for designing dual systems, proposed in seismic regulations, encompasses some limitations such as not putting a required minimum stiffness value for the secondary system. This research investigates the stiffness limit value required for the secondary system for designing buckling-restrained braced frame (BRBF) and special moment-resisting frame (SMRF) dual systems. Non-linear static and time history analyses were carried out on the sample dual structures with different heights and different relative stiffness ratios of the primary system to the secondary system. A stiffness-based designing approach is employed to ensure that the designed system comprises the predefined relative stiffness ratios. It is demonstrated that the suitable stiffness combination ratio is gained when the BRBF and SMRF subsystems have 65% and 35% of the total stiffness, respectively. Implementation of the suitable relative stiffness ratio in the dual systems designed according to the presented approach, leads to a uniform plasticity profile in the height of structures.     

Seismic response of stainless steel braced frames

The present paper investigates the feasibility of the application of stainless steel (SS) in the seismic design of braced frames, either concentrically (CBFs) or eccentrically (EBFs) braced. A sample of regular multi-storey CBFs and EBFs was designed in compliance with modern seismic standards based on capacity-design rules. The results of pushover and inelastic response history analyses demonstrate that systems employing SSs exhibit enhanced plastic deformations and excellent energy absorbing capacity with respect to mild steel braced frames. The augmented strain hardening of SS, which is nearly twice that of carbon steels, is beneficial to prevent local buckling in steel members, especially those subjected to high axial compression. The performed analyses also demonstrate that in CBFs with SS braces and columns the increase in overstrength is about 40% with respect to the configuration in mild steel. For EBFs, the use of SS in the diagonals or in braces and links increases the global overstrength of the lateral resisting system by 20%. When the EBFs employ braces and columns in SS the increase can be as high as 50%.     

Seismic performance assessment of steel moment frames with generic Locally Reinforced connections

Seismic performance of Steel Moment-Resisting Frames (SMRFs) with generic Locally-Reinforced (LR) connections has been investigated incorporating both earthquake-induced and modeling uncertainties. The LR connections were numerically modeled following the suggestions made by previous researches and were used to numerically model three buildings with various heights which were designed regarding the specifications of current standards. For reflecting the record-to-record (RTR) variability, the Incremental Dynamic Analysis (IDA) procedure was utilized within the Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering (PBEE) methodology. In this regard, the structures’ performance in a multitude of structural response levels was probabilistically assessed in “considering” and “neglecting” conditions of modeling uncertainties. For performing the modeling uncertainty analysis, a number of modeling parameters that best reflected the structures’ variability due to lack of knowledge were selected as random variables. Perturbing the modeling variables from their median values, a set of sensitivity IDAs were performed and a polynomial response surface was established. Incorporation of the response surface in conjunction with Monte Carlo simulation led, finally, to a fully probabilistic performance evaluation of the studied structures in varied structural response levels. The effect of modeling uncertainties in altering the predicted performances was found to be insignificant in the range of buildings and structural elements studied in this article.     

单向荷载下带延性连接件防屈曲支撑的钢框架力学性能分析

传统的结构设计中,防屈曲支撑和钢框架采用焊接节点板进行连接,然而焊接节点板处焊缝在往复地震作用下易发生脆断,迫使防屈曲支撑提前退出工作,影响结构的安全可靠.为此,将延性连接件引入防屈曲支撑的设计构造中,采用Abaqus有限元分析软件探究了不同设计参数对结构在单向荷载作用下的延性、承载能力、耗能性能、应力分布及刚度退化等...