Experimental Validation of Replaceable Shear Links for Eccentrically Braced Steel Frames
- 1 October 2011
- journal article
- Published by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in Journal of Structural Engineering
- Vol. 137 (10), 1141-1152
- https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)st.1943-541x.0000350
Abstract
In the current design of steel eccentrically braced frames (EBFs), the yielding link is coupled with the floor beam. This often results in oversized link elements, which leads to overdesigned structures and foundations. In addition, the beams are expected to sustain significant damage through repeated inelastic deformations under design-level earthquakes, and thus the structure may require extensive repair or replacement. These drawbacks can be mitigated by designing EBFs with replaceable shear links. Two different replaceable link types with alternate section profiles, connection configurations, welding details, and intermediate stiffener spacings were tested. A total of 13 cyclic quasi-static full-scale cyclic tests were performed, including tests on EBFs with replaceable shear links, to study their inelastic seismic performance. The links exhibited a very good ductile behavior, developing stable and repeatable yielding. Additional inelastic rotation capacity can be achieved with bolted replaceable links when bolt bearing deformations are allowed to occur. The on-site replaceability of the link sections is confirmed even in the presence of residual deformations of 0.5% drift.Keywords
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