The clearance of the buckling-restrained brace is a factor that has significant influence on its failure mode and mechanical behavior. In this study, adjustment construction for using steel mortar planks improved. Further, partially pasting fluororesin sheets or butyl rubbers to core plate spacers proposed. requirements workability, cost performance, reliability fabrication, structural performa...

Custom-made and off-the-shelf functional knee orthoses from four manufacturers were evaluated. Anterior tibial translation testing was performed using a pneumatic mechanical surrogated knee. The mechanical surrogate was interfaced with a servohydraulic materials testing system, which applied all anterior/posterior displacements to an ultimate anterior load of 400 N. Comparison of the individual...

Riveting tasks in aircraft manufacturing results in exposure to vibration from both rivet guns and bucking bars. Long term exposure to vibration has been associated with symptoms of vibration white finger and musculoskeletal disorders. Four different bucking bars of the same shape but different material and mass characteristics (90% tungsten, >90% tungsten, cold rolled and stainless steel) were...

To rapidly repair the damaged buckling-restrained brace serving as energy absorption member during earthquake, assembled method of wrapping component with FRP cloth is proposed. In this research, a series cyclic tests on six (ABRB) wrapped three kinds FRPs (carbon fiber, glass fiber and basalt fiber) were performed. The tested results show that all specimens excellent hysteretic performance sim...