两种摩擦耗能器的比较试验研究

对两种不同形式的摩擦耗能器进行了低周反复荷载试验。工其工作性能和耗能性能，并进行了带有不同摩擦片和不带摩擦片的对比试验，分析了影响耗能器性能的因素，试验结果表明，摩擦耗能支撑具有稳定的滞回性能和极好的耗能能力，摩擦片的类型与性能对摩擦耗能支撑的性能有较大的影响。     

软土基坑支护中的锚拉桩结构设计

城市建设的高速发展和地下空间的充分利用,促进了深基坑的发展,由此带来了大量的深基坑开挖和支护的岩土工程问题,尤其是软土基坑。在软土基坑中设置锚拉桩,能有效地控制支护结构与土体的变形,同时有利于基坑土方的开挖和主体地下室的施工,显示其十分突出的优势。介绍了锚拉桩支护结构的计算模式,并对相应工程的监测结果进行了分析与比较,取得了较为满意的结果。     

屈曲约束支撑半刚性连接框架弹塑性地震位移简化计算

研究屈曲约束支撑半刚性连接框架弹塑性位移计算方法,为这种结构抗震设计提供依据.推导了屈曲约束支撑半刚性连接框架结构侧移刚度计算方法,通过计算屈曲约束支撑和半刚性连接在罕遇地震作用下的有效阻尼比,修正弹性设计反应谱,再利用修正后的设计反应谱进行结构弹塑性层间位移简化计算.通过与弹塑性时程分析对提出的计算方法进行验证.基于有效阻尼比的思想给出的弹塑性位移的简化计算方法可进行屈曲约束支撑半刚性连接框架罕遇地震下的抗震设计.     

High‐mode buckling responses of buckling‐restrained brace core plates

Cyclic loading tests and finite element analyses on six novel all‐steel buckling‐restrained braces (BRBs) are conducted using different loading patterns to investigate the core plate high‐mode buckling phenomenon. The proposed BRB is composed of a core member and a pair of identical restraining members, which restrains the core member by using bolted shim spacers. The design of the proposed BRB allows the core plate to be visually inspected immediately following a major earthquake. If necessary, the pair of restraining members can be conveniently disassembled, and the damaged core plate can be replaced. Test results indicate that the proposed BRBs can sustain large cyclic strain reversals and cumulative plastic deformations in excess of 400 times the yield strain. Experimental and analytical results confirm that the high‐mode buckling wavelength is related to the core plate thickness and the applied loading patterns. The larger the axial compressive strain is applied, the shorter the high‐mode buckling wavelength would be developed. The buckling wavelength is about 12 times the core plate thickness when the high‐mode buckling shape is fully developed. However, it reduces to about 10 times the core plate thickness when a compressive core strain reaches greater than 0.03. The high‐mode bucking wavelength can be satisfactorily predicted using the proposed method or from the finite element analysis. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Seismic design and test of gusset connections for buckling‐restrained braced frames

The corner gusset plates in a steel braced frame can be subjected to forces not only from the brace but also from the effects of the frame actions. In this study, several finite element models are constructed to analyze the gusset‐to‐beam and gusset‐to‐column interface forces. It is found that the frame actions affect the gusset interface force distributions significantly. A simplified strut model to represent the gusset plate is adopted to evaluate the frame action forces. In addition, the generalized uniform force method is adopted as it provides more freedom for designers to configure the gusset plate shapes than using the uniform force method. In this paper, a performance‐based design method is proposed. The gusset interface force demands take into account the combined effect of the brace maximum axial force capacity and the peak beam shear possibly developed in the frame. The specimen design and key results of a series of full‐scale three‐story buckling‐restrained braced frame (BRBF) hybrid tests are discussed. The gusset interface cracks observed at inter‐story drift greater than 0.03 radians can be well predicted by using the proposed design method. The BRBF tests and analyses confirm that the proposed design method is reasonable. The effectiveness of varying the width of gusset edge stiffeners in reducing the gusset tip stress concentrations is also investigated. This paper concludes with recommendations for the seismic design of BRBF corner gusset plates. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Welded end‐slot connection and debonding layers for buckling‐restrained braces

The debonding mechanism has a significant effect on the performance of a buckling‐restrained brace (BRB). In this paper, a method for estimating the compression strength adjustment factor for any given BRB core strain is presented. Experimental investigations were conducted on four BRBs to examine the efficiency of four different debonding materials in reducing the difference between the cyclic peak compression and tension. Test results indicate that chloroprene rubber is very easy to install and very effective in minimizing the difference between the compressive and tensile capacities. The excellent performance of 13 full‐scale welded end‐slot BRBs (WES‐BRBs) is illustrated through experiments. Cyclic loading test results of a 12.5‐m long jumbo WES‐BRB reveal that its peak compressive strength exceeds 16,800 kN and its maximum core strain reaches 0.035. All WES‐BRBs show satisfactory performance with a very stable hysteresis response, modest peak compressive to tensile strength ratio, and very predictable axial stiffness. These specimens sustain a cumulative plastic deformation of greater than 400 times the yield deformation. The hysteresis responses can be satisfactorily predicted by using a two‐surface plasticity analytical model. Advantages of the welded end‐slot connections are also presented through a discussion on the effects of the BRB yield region length ratio on the effective stiffness, the yield story drift, and the core strain level. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

BRB在双柱式桥墩抗震体系中的工作机理分析

以设置防屈曲支撑(Buckling-Restrained Braces,BRB)的双柱式桥墩体系为研究对象,系统分析上部结构惯性力在该体系中的传递机理;以某3×30m公路高架桥为工程背景,采用非线性时程反应分析法研究BRB的设置方式及参数取值对桥梁地震反应的影响规律,揭示BRB在双柱式桥墩中的工作机理。其研究结论为:(1)对于设置BRB的双柱式桥墩,当BRB未屈服时,通过其轴向刚度改变结构体系的传力路径,墩底弯矩、剪力降低,但墩底轴力改变量将增大,即以较大的墩身轴力改变量换取较小的墩底弯矩及剪力。(2)在BRB屈服的情况下,BRB通过改变下部结构的传力路径及滞回耗能双重机制影响结构的地震反应,BRB耗能作用将降低墩身的轴力改变量,使减震效果更优。(3)双柱式桥墩横桥向设置BRB是一种较为有效的减震体系,但其减震效果与BRB具体布置方式及力学参数取值有关。     

配置自复位耗能跨低多层钢框架体系的能量系数

利用超弹性SMA螺栓梁柱节点的耗能能力和自复位特性,将其引入到耗能跨而构建"自复位耗能跨",基于既有的节点试验研究结果对结构体系的滞回性能进行了探讨。在此基础上,以具有旗形滞回特征的单自由度体系为工具,对配置自复位耗能跨低多层钢框架体系的能量系数进行推导。能量系数可以合理量化具有旗形滞回规则结构的峰值响应需求,能量系数越低,表明地震动下结构的峰值响应越低。为了阐明滞回参数对能量系数的影响,对具有不同滞回参数组合可代表低多层结构的等效SDOF体系进行了非线性动力分析,参数组合包括周期、屈服后刚度比、延性系数及能量比。同时对能量系数的离散性也进行了分析。结果表明:能量系数及能量系数的离散性受结构周期、屈服后刚度比及延性系数影响较大,受能量比的影响较小。     

Development of a ten-element hybrid simulation platform and an adjustable yielding brace for performance evaluation of multi-story braced frames subjected to earthquakes

This paper presents a ten-element hybrid (experimental-numerical) simulation platform, referred to as UT10, which was developed for running hybrid simulations of braced frames with up to ten large-capacity physical brace specimens. This paper presents the details of the development of different components of UT10 and an adjustable yielding brace (AYB) specimen, which was designed to perform hybrid simulations with UT10. As the first application of UT10, a five-story buckling-restrained braced frame and a special concentrically braced frame (BRBF and SCBF) were designed and tested with AYB specimens and buckling specimens representing the braces. Cyclic tests of the AYB, one- and three-element hybrid simulations of the BRBF, and four-element hybrid simulations of the SCBF inside the UT10 confirmed the functionality of UT10 for running hybrid simulations on multiple specimens. The tests also indicated that AYB was capable of producing a stable hysteretic response with characteristics similar to BRBs. Comparison of the results of the hybrid simulations of the BRBF and SCBF with their fully numerical models showed that the modeling inaccuracies of the yielding braces could potentially affect the global response of the multi-story braced frames further emphasizing the need for experimental calibration or hybrid simulation for achieving more accurate response predictions. UT10 provides a simple and reconfigurable platform that can be used to achieve a realistic understanding of the seismic response of multi-story frames with yielding braces, distinguish their modeling limitations, and improve different modeling techniques available for their seismic response prediction.     

自复位中心支撑钢框架结构抗震性能分析

为了研究自复位中心支撑钢框架（SC-CBF）结构的抗震性能,对一四层SC-CBF结构进行了静力弹塑性分析、低周往复加载分析和动力弹塑性时程分析,并与中心支撑钢框架（CBF）结构进行对比,探究了不同GAP单元刚度和预应力筋截面积对SC-CBF结构自复位性能及抗震性能的影响规律。结果表明:与传统CBF结构相比,SC-CBF结构的抗侧能力强,地震作用下基底剪力小,卸载后的残余变形较小,具有良好的延性性能;在极罕遇地震作用下SC-CBF结构的位移响应大,耗散的能量多,层间位移角大而残余位移小,表现出良好的自复位性能和抗震性能;GAP单元刚度对预应力筋的受力性能影响较为明显,对结构的整体受力性能和延性性能影响较小,但结构的整体受力性能和延性性能受预应力筋截面积影响显著。