scholarly journals Experimental Study on the Seismic Performance of a Partition Damped Wall-Filled Frame Structure

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Shuainan Zhai ◽  
Zuyin Zou ◽  
Zhanyuan Zhu ◽  
Zixing Zhang ◽  
Wei Liang ◽  
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In the past, earthquakes have caused significant damage to traditional masonry filler wall frame structures. To solve this problem, a new design scheme, the partition damping filler wall, is proposed in this paper to reduce the interaction between the filler wall and the frame structure. Low cyclic loading tests are carried out on the traditional and the new masonry filler wall frames. Besides, one full-scale-angled span layer frame without a filler wall is produced for comparison analysis. The mechanical performances of the different frames are studied, including the characteristics of the deformation failure modes, hysteretic curves, skeleton curves, rigidity degeneration, energy dissipation capacity, and the lateral displacement of the frame columns. The research results show that the partition damping filler wall can significantly decrease the diagonal bracing effect of the filler wall on the steel frame. Meanwhile, the setting of the low-strength mortar between the filler wall and steel frame and the arrangement of the damping layer can improve the stress distribution and delay the crack development of the wall. Furthermore, the stiffness degradation rate of the partition damping filler wall is obviously slower than that of the traditional masonry filler wall frame structure. In this paper, the partition damped wall-filled frame structure shows outstanding ductility and deformation capacity.

2022 ◽  
pp. 136943322110572
Author(s):  
Xun Chong ◽  
Pu Huo ◽  
Linlin Xie ◽  
Qing Jiang ◽  
Linbing Hou ◽  
...  

A new connection measure between the precast concrete (PC) cladding panel and PC frame structure is proposed to realize a new kind of isostatic frame-cladding system. Three full-scale PC wall-frame substructures were tested under the quasi-static load. These substructures included a bare wall-frame specimen, a specimen with a cladding panel that has no opening, and a specimen with a cladding panel that has an opening in it. The damage evolution, failure mode, load-bearing capacity, deformation capacity, and energy dissipation capacity of three specimens were compared. The results indicated that the motions of the cladding panels and the main structures were uncoupled through the relative clearance of the bottom connections, and three specimens exhibited approximately identical failure modes and seismic performance. Thus, the reliability of this new isostatic system was validated.


2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-153
Author(s):  
Oksa Eberly ◽  
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Sri Murni Dewi ◽  
Wisnumurti Wisnumurti ◽  
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...  

This paper presents an experimental study on the behaviour of a braced steel frame with a proposed system: anticompression brace system (ABS) subjected to cyclic lateral loads. The ABS is proposed to deal with common brace buckling problems. In the study, split-K braced steel frames: with ABS and with ordinary brace system (OBS) were used as speciments. Cyclic loading tests were conducted to evaluate the performance of the proposed system in preventing the brace to buckle and to obtain the behaviour of the frame with ABS compared to the frame with OBS under cyclic quasistatic loading. From the cyclic tests, it was observed that the proposed system worked in preventing the braces to buckle, hence, the aimed state, “buckling prevention” was achieved. The results of the study also show that the frame with ABS had a lower initial stiffness compared to the frame with OBS, nevertheless, after exceeding drift ratio of 0.85% based on raw data or 0.64% based on fitted-curves, the frame with ABS exhibited good behaviour through lower degradations in stiffness and cyclic strength relative to the frame with OBS that experienced sudden and greater degradations.


2012 ◽  
Vol 256-259 ◽  
pp. 2063-2066
Author(s):  
Hui Ma ◽  
Jian Yang Xue ◽  
Xi Cheng Zhang ◽  
Zong Ping Chen

In order to evaluate whether concrete with recycled coarse aggregate can be applied for steel reinforced concrete (SRC) under the earthquake, low cyclic loading tests of SRC with different recycled coarse aggregate (RCA) replacement percentage were carried out in this paper. Based on the tests of three SRRC column specimens, the failure modes, the hysteresis curves, the skeleton curves, the ductility, and the stiffness degradation of SRRC columns are investigated. The influence of variation in the RCA replacement percentage on the SRRC column is analyzed in detail. Test results show that the seismic performance of SRRC column is reduced to an allowable extent with the increasing magnitude of the RCA replacement percentage. The SRRC column still has a good seismic performance and the recycled coarse aggregate can be applied for steel reinforced concrete through the proper design.


2013 ◽  
Vol 831 ◽  
pp. 476-480
Author(s):  
Shi Yan ◽  
Lu Yang ◽  
Xue Lei Jiang

An H-shaped steel frame in fire combined blast loading was numerically developed in this paper using finite element method by ANSYS thermal analysis. At the first step, a temperature field has been numerically analyzed. At the second step, each element of the steel frame was assigned different modulus of elasticity and yield stress based on the temperature analysis results. A dynamic simulation of the steel frame subjected to a blast load was analyzed under such a temperature field. The failure modes of the frame structure has been discussed. Finally, a same shape frame at the room temperature under the same blast load was simulated to compare with that at the elevated temperature.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Huimin Mao ◽  
Xueyuan Yan ◽  
Xiangliang Ning ◽  
Shen Shi

In this work, a displacement-amplified torsional damper (DATD) is proposed for improving the seismic capacity of the beam-column joints of a frame structure. The proposed DATD uses common steel, lead, and high-damping rubber. This damper exhibits good energy dissipation under small earthquakes. Under strong earthquakes and large displacements, the strengthening of the high-damping rubber can improve the overall stiffness of the damper and increase the energy dissipation. In order to investigate the performance of the proposed DATD, theoretical analyses, simulations, and cyclic loading tests were performed, and their results were compared, showing an overall good agreement.


2011 ◽  
Vol 368-373 ◽  
pp. 38-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng Xiang Xu ◽  
Zan Jun Wu ◽  
Lei Zeng

To understand mechanical characteristics and seismic behaviors of T-shaped concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) joints, cyclic loading tests were carried out on four 1/2-scale exterior joints of top floor. The study includes joints’ mechanical character, failure mode, hysteretic behavior, ductility, energy dissipation and stiffness degradation under different height of beam and different axial compression ratios. The results indicate that frame joints satisfy the design principle of stronger joints and weaker components. The hysteretic loops are plump, ductility and energy dissipation capacity is better than that of ordinary reinforced concrete joints. Axial compression ratios can influence seismic behaviors of frame joints to some degree.


2012 ◽  
Vol 256-259 ◽  
pp. 2079-2084 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tie Cheng Wang ◽  
An Gao ◽  
Hai Long Zhao

The influence of the pile type and the stirrup on the seismic performance was evaluated based on the results of reversed cyclic loading tests on the four prestressed high strength concrete (PHC) piles. It is indicated that the AB-type pile has the better seismic performance than the A-type pile from the results. The bearing capacity does not increase obviously with decreasing of the stirrup spacing and increasing of the stirrup diameter. The degradation of stiffness does not decrease significantly with decreasing of the stirrup spacing and increasing of the stirrup diameter. The energy dissipation capacity is improved with increasing of the stirrup diameter and decreasing of the stirrup spacing.


2021 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng Li ◽  
Wei Feng ◽  
Jiajia Ou ◽  
Feng Liang ◽  
Minjuan He

AbstractDowel-type connections are the most common connections in glulam structures. Bolts are often used as fasteners for dowel-type connections. However, the clearance between the bolts and the pre-drilled bolt holes leads to low rotational stiffness and insufficient moment-resisting capacity. To achieve better mechanical performance, screws can be used as alternative fasteners for dowel-type connections. In this paper, monotonic and cyclic loading tests were conducted on glulam dowel-type connections with either bolts or screws as fasteners. The failure modes, moment-resisting capacity, ductility ratio, stiffness degradation, and equivalent viscous damping ratio of the specimens were analyzed and reported. Results showed that compared with traditional bolted connections, the screwed connections had larger moment-resisting capacity and better ductility. The hysteretic loops of the screwed connections were plumper, and the pinching effect was gentler compared to those of traditional bolted connections.


Author(s):  
Ji-Hun Park ◽  
Byoung-Wook Moon ◽  
Sung-Kyung Lee ◽  
Kyung-Won Min

Friction-type reinforcing members (FRMs) developed for the purpose of enhancing the wind-resistant performance of transmission towers are tested experimentally. The FRMs, in the middle of which slotted bolted connections (SBCs) are installed, are placed on the outside of tower legs, and provide additional damping and stiffness to the tower structure under bending deformations. Firstly, the SBCs used in the FRMs are tested for various frictional sliding interface conditions. Secondly, the FRMs are installed on a 1/2 scale plane tower substructure and cyclic loading tests are conducted. Energy dissipation capacity and effects from local deformations of the FRMs and joint slips are investigated. From the test results, remarkable energy dissipation capacity, reaching to the 2.4 times of that before the installation of the FRMs, is observed. However, the local deformation of the SBC and joint slip should be prevented for more reliable design of the FRMs.


2005 ◽  
Vol 297-300 ◽  
pp. 635-640 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae Hyouk Choi ◽  
Kenichi Ohi

Effectiveness of steel bracing system installed with fully mechanical interfaces is experimentally demonstrated through a series of monotonic and cyclic loading tests. Also, substructuring pseudo-dynamic earthquake response tests are performed on a possible situation of a two-story braced frame upgraded by the proposed bracing system. An earthquake record and theoretical impulses are adopted as input excitations. The results show that an impulsive excitation acts more stringently on the occurrence of brace breaking.


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