Several conventional structural systems require sufficient retrofitting design procedures, improvements, and reconstructions to withstand lateral loads decrease the occurrence of damage. High strength capacity ductility for seismic resisting improve vulnerabilities limit damage concentrations in areas subject conditions. types shapes with appropriate energy dissipation features are currently es...

Buckling-Restrained Braced Frame system(BRBFs) are a new type of steel seismic-load-resisting system that has found use in several countries because of its efficiency and its promise of seismic performance far superior to that of conventional braced frames. The system is addressed in the 2005 edition of the AISC Seismic Provisions for Structural Steel Buildings, also a set of design provisions ...

The seismic performance of elliptic braced moment resisting frame (ELBRF) is assessed here and is found that the structural behavior is improved and is of free of architectural space. The demand for seismic performance of ELBRF is estimated through conventional pushover methods of 3, 5, 7, and 10-story ELBRF frames and they are compared with special moment resisting frames (SMRF) and X-Braced C...

Previous studies have underlined the importance of establishing a database high-fidelity benchmark experimental test results under random loading histories such as earthquake excitations for both existing structural systems well newly proposed ones. Such are useful understanding limitations previously developed numerical models, proposing new models more recently systems, better assessing ultra...

the rotational friction dampers can be improved the seismic behavior of the steel structures, and they can be reduced the internal forces in the bracing members, columns and the other structural members. in this research, a simple method for modeling and analysis of braced frames equipped by these dampers is proposed. the proposed model describes seismic behavior of dampers very well and it is ...

braced frames structures have a good lateral stiffness against earthquakes. however, energy loss of their members is slight and strong forces are given to the structures. moment frames have a more flexible function against earthquakes and also have a better flexibility than braced frames. however, since its lateral stiffness is low, too much displacement of the structure results in an increase ...

This study is devoted to seismic collapse safety analysis of performance based optimally seismic designed steel chevron braced frame structures. An efficient meta-heuristic algorithm namely, center of mass optimization is utilized to achieve the seismic optimization process. The seismic collapse performance of the optimally designed steel chevron braced frames is assessed by performing incremen...

A main challenge for performance-based seismic engineering is to develop simple, practical and precise methods for analyzing designed buildings and assessing existing structures to satisfy considerable performance objectives. Pushover analysis is a simplified nonlinear analysis technique that can be implemented for estimating the dynamic demands imposed on a structure under earthquake excitatio...