Performance Evaluation of Friction Damped Braced Steel Frames under Simulated Earthquake Loads

Nonlinear Analysis of Knee-braced Frames under Earthquake Loadings

Nonlinear Analysis of Knee-braced Frames under Earthquake Loadings

DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF RC FRAMES UNDER EARTHQUAKE LOADS

This paper deals with the optimization of reinforced concrete (RC) structures under earthquake loads by introducing a simple methodology. One of the most important problems in the design of RC structures is the existing of various design scenarios that all of them satisfy design constraints. Despite of the steel structures, a large number of design candidates due to a large number of design var...

an investigation on steel knee braced frames for lateral loads

hysteretic dampers as the most practical passive control methods have improved the seismic performance of steel structures through energy dissipation induced by large inelastic deformations. among them in this paper, kbf (knee braced frames), a special form of braced frames having a diagonal brace connected to a knee element instead of beam-column joint, is investigated. in such systems, the kn...

Earthquake Response Evaluation of RC Frames using High Strength Steel

To achieve better structural performance, lesser damage along with minimum residual displacements is a main objective of earthquake resistant design. In ordinary steel reinforced concrete frames, chances of severe damage because of the lower strength of conventional steel are always present during strong earthquakes. With the invention of high-strength steel (HSS) it can be anticipated that its...