Investigating the inelastic cyclic behaviour of large-size steel wide-flange section braces

Madhar Haddad, Nigel Shrive

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Abstract

Wide flange (WF) section members represent an attractive alternative to tubular braces to resist seismic excitations in braced frames. In the current study, an average true stress-true strain curve is proposed and used to model six large-scale WF brace members in combination with a refined fracture model. The effects of various material and geometric parameters are investigated. Increasing or reducing either or both the strength and the thickness of gusset plates by 10% or 20% has negligible effect on the hysteresis behaviour under reverse cyclic loading and the fracture of the large-scale WF brace members analysed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)92-105
Number of pages14
JournalConstruction and Building Materials
Volume199
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 28 2019

Keywords

  • Calibration
  • Finite element analysis
  • Fracture
  • Power-hardening law
  • WF steel brace members

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Building and Construction
  • Materials Science(all)

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