Steel frames with bracing mechanism and hysteretic dampers.

A new earthquake resistant structural system for multi storey frame structures, based on a dual function of its bracing components, is developed. This consists of a hysteretic damper device and a cross bracing mechanism with a kinetic closed circuit, working only in tension, so that cable members ca...

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Published in:Earthquake engineering & structural dynamics. 32, 5 (2003).
Main Author: Phocas, M.C
Format: Article
Language:English
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