Experimental and analytical study on ductility of steel ring filled with compressive plastic, situated in concentric bracing system

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1 Faculty of Civil Engineering, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran

2 Faculty of Civil Engineering, Semnan University, Iran

3 Faculty of Civil Engineering, Semnan University, Semnan

Abstract

One of the weakness of concentric braces is lower ductility and early buckling under compressive loading. One method to improve the ductility is to use energy-dissipater members situated at the intersection of the braces. Regarding this, the usage of steel rings made of steel pipes as an energy dissipater has been considered for solving weakness of ductility. Following this, the main objective of this study is to assess evaluate experimentally the dynamic behavior of steel ring filled with compressive plastic (S.R.P.) situated at the intersection of the braces. In addition, this connection was modeled by means of finite element (FE) method employing ABAQUS software. The accuracy of the FE models is confirmed using outputs of experimental studies where the nonlinear behavior of this connection was investigated both experimentally and numerically. Results indicate that the S.R.P. constructed from steel plates and plastic has a suitable performance relative to the pipe ring and exhibits good ductility and energy dissipation. In addition, this connection can enhance ductility of concentric braces in seismic loads. Concerning this matter, the brace with the S.R.P. ring shows a steady and wide hysteresis curve where tensile ductility factor of 2.77 was achieved. Another matter is that the maximum stress of this connection was obtained numerically in failure zone as indicated in experimental results. Furthermore, the maximum tensile load and corresponding vertical displacement were 99.48 kN, 16.01 mm, respectively, and also the maximum compressive load and corresponding vertical displacement were 101.55 kN and 11.5 mm, respectively.

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