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Buckling-enabled composite bracing for damage-avoidance rocking structures

Buckling-enabled composite bracing for damage-avoidance rocking structures
Buckling-enabled composite bracing for damage-avoidance rocking structures
Post-tensioned rocking frames have been proposed as damage-free seismic-resistant structures. However, currently available load resisting systems for rocking frames rely on sacrificial yielding components that accumulate damage during strong dynamic action. To address this shortcoming, this study proposes a novel thoroughly damage-avoidance solution by means of bracing elements with carefully controlled buckling behaviour. To this end, a proof-of-concept study is presented, whereby the elastic buckling response of buckling-enabled composite bracing (BECB) elements with circular-arc shaped cross-section is numerically investigated. Varying geometric properties are considered and validated against analytical approximations. Besides, a finite element study of a single-storey steel post-tensioned frame under static and dynamic actions is performed. The case study incorporates BECB elements made from glass-fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP). It is demonstrated that BECB enhances the non-linear static and dynamic response of rocking frames by providing stability and significantly reducing storey drifts and accelerations without accumulating damage.
Buckling-enabled bracing, Damage-avoidance, Fibre reinforced polymer, Finite-element, Non-linear dynamics, Rocking frame
0020-7403
1-11
Kibriya, Leena
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Málaga-Chuquitaype, Christian
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Kashani, Mohammad
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Kibriya, Leena
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Málaga-Chuquitaype, Christian
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Kashani, Mohammad
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Kibriya, Leena, Málaga-Chuquitaype, Christian and Kashani, Mohammad (2020) Buckling-enabled composite bracing for damage-avoidance rocking structures. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 170, 1-11, [105359]. (doi:10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2019.105359).

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Abstract

Post-tensioned rocking frames have been proposed as damage-free seismic-resistant structures. However, currently available load resisting systems for rocking frames rely on sacrificial yielding components that accumulate damage during strong dynamic action. To address this shortcoming, this study proposes a novel thoroughly damage-avoidance solution by means of bracing elements with carefully controlled buckling behaviour. To this end, a proof-of-concept study is presented, whereby the elastic buckling response of buckling-enabled composite bracing (BECB) elements with circular-arc shaped cross-section is numerically investigated. Varying geometric properties are considered and validated against analytical approximations. Besides, a finite element study of a single-storey steel post-tensioned frame under static and dynamic actions is performed. The case study incorporates BECB elements made from glass-fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP). It is demonstrated that BECB enhances the non-linear static and dynamic response of rocking frames by providing stability and significantly reducing storey drifts and accelerations without accumulating damage.

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Accepted/In Press date: 6 December 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 7 December 2019
Published date: 15 March 2020
Keywords: Buckling-enabled bracing, Damage-avoidance, Fibre reinforced polymer, Finite-element, Non-linear dynamics, Rocking frame

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Local EPrints ID: 436561
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/436561
ISSN: 0020-7403
PURE UUID: a4bcd24a-5736-4e97-852c-47a1947e669f
ORCID for Mohammad Kashani: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0008-0007

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Date deposited: 13 Dec 2019 17:30
Last modified: 06 Jun 2024 04:19

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Author: Leena Kibriya
Author: Christian Málaga-Chuquitaype

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