Aluminium shear-links for enhanced seismic resistance
dc.contributor.author | Rai, Durgesh C. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Wallace, Benjamin J. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-04-19T13:41:44Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-04-19T13:41:44Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1998-04 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Rai, Durgesh C.; Wallace, Benjamin J. (1998)."Aluminium shear-links for enhanced seismic resistance." Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics 27(4): 315-342. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/34599> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0098-8847 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1096-9845 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/34599 | |
dc.description.abstract | An aluminium beam shear-link is developed for earthquake-resistant structures. The aluminium beam is designed to yield in shear mode to limit the maximum lateral force which is transmitted to primary structural members and to provide significant energy dissipation potential. Aluminium was chosen because of its low yield strength, which enables the use of thicker webs, reducing the problems of web buckling. Cyclic load tests on medium scale (1:4) models were conducted to study the hysteretic behaviour and energy dissipation potential of shear-links made of two alloys of aluminium (3003-O and 6061-O). The links were also tested at faster rates (cycling frequencies of 5, 10 and 17 Hz) to determine the effect of strain rate. The links exhibited very ductile shear yielding and excellent energy dissipation capacity. Unpinched and full hysteresis loops were observed until 10 per cent shear strain, and a relatively small influence of strain rates was observed on the link's performance. Simple design equations are developed to proportion these shear-links, using data from the cyclic load tests. In chevron-type braced systems, the shear-link is sandwiched between the tops of diagonal braces and a girder from the floor above, resulting in yielding at a lateral force less than that required to buckle the compression brace. A Shear-Link Braced Frame (SLBF) system was designed and its seismic performance was compared to that of an Ordinary Concentric Braced Frame (OCBF) with chevron braces. The SLBF system demonstrated more uniform distribution of storey drifts, reduced base shear, and a larger energy dissipation capacity per unit drift. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. | en_US |
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dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Engineering | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Civil and Mechanical Engineering | en_US |
dc.title | Aluminium shear-links for enhanced seismic resistance | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Civil and Environmental Engineering | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Engineering | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, U.S.A. ; Department of Earthquake Engineering, University of Roorkee, Roorkee 247 667, India | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73069, U.S.A. | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/34599/1/703_ftp.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1096-9845(199804)27:4<315::AID-EQE703>3.0.CO;2-N | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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