Dissipative zones buildings, in which plastic hinges or strains occur during, for instance, seismic episodes, have been studied many different types of steel fuse elements. Stainless (SS), has attracted attention this regard due to its high ductility and further studies are needed determine performance usefulness as fuses. The use SS the construction industry represented an advance already know...

The design of steel chevron-braced frames as per Eurocode 8 is based on the idea that only braces should buckle and yield during ground motions, while other members remain elastic. elastic braced also allowed. However, in both cases, seismic performance frame may be compromised because premature yielding/buckling columns. This paper proposes an alternative procedure promotes yielding beams addi...

In congested cities the number of railway lines has rapidly increased. The close vicinity of rail tracks to buildings often gives rise to conflict in respect of the transmission of noise and vibration to people or sensitive equipment. Vibration attenuation can be safely achieved by well designed vibration control systems applied preferably to the source but also to the receiver. In both cases, ...

This paper is an experimental study on the behavior of vertical shear link in the single and double configurations. There have been three specimens selected for examining the effects of different details .The first specimen was an I section with no stiffener, while the second specimen composed of I section with stiffeners designed according to AISC 2005. Third specimens were composed of two I s...