SEISMIC BEHAVIOUR OF STEEL

STRUCTURES

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SEISMIC BEHAVIOUR OF STEEL STRUCTURES

Seismic Behaviour of Structural Steel
Ductile, equally strong in compression and tension
Mild versus high strength steel
Produced with high quality control. Aids in Capacity Design
yield ratio = expected yield strength/specified min. yield strength
Welding subjected to fatigue
Robustness of Steel Structures

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SEISMIC BEHAVIOUR OF BRACING MEMBERS

Bracings used either for

lateral strength or for
lateral stiffness

P
2
P
(ten.)
1

used in pairs
slenderness limited to a
value such that C = T/2

solid cross-sections preferred

-1
buckling
P
(comp.)
-2
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5

Fig. 6 Hysteretic behaviour of a slender brace

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SEISMIC BEHAVIOUR OF BEAM-COLUMNS

Seismic Behaviour of I-sections
M/My

/ y
Hysteretic behaviour of an I-section

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SEISMIC BEHAVIOUR OF BEAM-COLUMNS-1

Seismic Behaviour of Rectangular Hollow Sections (RHS)

M/My

/ y
Hysteretic behaviour of rectangular hollow section

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SEISMIC BEHAVIOUR OF BEAM-COLUMNS-2

Seismic Behaviour of Circular Hollow Sections (CHS)

M/My

/ y
Hysteretic behaviour of circular hollow section

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SEISMIC BEHAVIOUR OF BEAM-COLUMNS-3

Seismic Behaviour of Concrete-Filled Tubes (CFT)

Efficient use of steel

Concrete in confined state
Local buckling delayed in RHS

Failure Mode of a concretefilled RHS

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SEISMIC BEHAVIOUR OF CONNECTIONS

(a)

(c)

(b)

(d)

Types of moment connections

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SEISMIC BEHAVIOUR OF CONNECTIONS-1

2
M/My
1

0
-1
-2
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1

4 5
/ y

Hysteretic behaviour of bolted angle connection

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SEISMIC BEHAVIOUR OF FRAMES

Sway frames and non-say frames
Braced and un-braced frames
Concentrically Braced Frames (CBF)
Eccentrically Braced Frames (EBF)

(a)Diagonal
bracing

(b)Cross or
X-bracing

(c )Chevron
bracing

Link
Beams

(d)Eccentric
bracing

Bracing systems in Steel Frames

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Failure of Concentric
Braced Frames

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CAPACITY DESIGN

(a) Desired

(b) Undesired

Desired and Undesired Collapse Mechanisms in Capacity Design

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SPECIAL DEVICES AND SYSTEMS

Lead
Plug

Either isolate or dissipate

Base Isolation
Vibration Control
Active and Passive
Visco-elastic dampers used as
sliding supports for beams/trusses

Laminated rubber bearing pad

Tuned Mass Dampers(TMD)

Tuned Liquid Dampers(TLD)
Hydraulic Actuators
Weak links, stoppers etc as inelastic dampers

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