Event Title
STR-834: SEISMIC PERFORMANCE OF MODULAR STEEL FRAMES EQUIPPED WITH SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY BRACES
Location
London
Event Website
http://www.csce2016.ca/
Description
Modular steel buildings (MSBs) are widely used for one to six storey schools, apartments, and similar buildings, where repetitive units are required. Modular units are first built and finished under a controlled manufacturing environment. They are then transported to the building site, where they are connected horizontally and vertically. The lateral load resisting system for MSBs usually relies on steel braced frames, which dissipate the seismic energy through steel yielding. This behaviour leads to residual drifts complicating the repair of seismically damaged buildings or rendering them as irreparable. Systems that can minimize the seismic residual drifts are thus needed. Superelastic Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) have the ability to undergo large plastic deformations and recover them upon unloading. Their utilization in steel structures can significantly reduce seismic residual deformations, which will facilitate post-seismic retrofitting. The purpose of this study is to examine the seismic performance of modular steel braced frame (MSBF) that utilizes SMA braces. A six-storey buckling restrained MSBF was considered as a case study. Nonlinear dynamic analysis was conducted to compare the seismic performance of this MSBF when it is fitted with steel and SMA braces. The use of SMA braces was found to improve the seismic performance of MSBs in terms of maximum residual inter storey drift (MRID) and damage scheme.
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STR-834: SEISMIC PERFORMANCE OF MODULAR STEEL FRAMES EQUIPPED WITH SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY BRACES
London
Modular steel buildings (MSBs) are widely used for one to six storey schools, apartments, and similar buildings, where repetitive units are required. Modular units are first built and finished under a controlled manufacturing environment. They are then transported to the building site, where they are connected horizontally and vertically. The lateral load resisting system for MSBs usually relies on steel braced frames, which dissipate the seismic energy through steel yielding. This behaviour leads to residual drifts complicating the repair of seismically damaged buildings or rendering them as irreparable. Systems that can minimize the seismic residual drifts are thus needed. Superelastic Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) have the ability to undergo large plastic deformations and recover them upon unloading. Their utilization in steel structures can significantly reduce seismic residual deformations, which will facilitate post-seismic retrofitting. The purpose of this study is to examine the seismic performance of modular steel braced frame (MSBF) that utilizes SMA braces. A six-storey buckling restrained MSBF was considered as a case study. Nonlinear dynamic analysis was conducted to compare the seismic performance of this MSBF when it is fitted with steel and SMA braces. The use of SMA braces was found to improve the seismic performance of MSBs in terms of maximum residual inter storey drift (MRID) and damage scheme.
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/csce2016/London/Structural/22
