Research Article

Earthquake Response Control of Double-Layer Truss Walls by means of Innovative Fuse Connections

Table 2

Ratio of the total energy in the out-of-plane (Z) direction to that in the in-plane (X) direction.

Failure typeWall depth (m)λEConsumption energy in the in-plane direction Ei (kN·m)Consumption energy in the out-of-plane direction Eo (kN·m)Eo/(Ei + Eo) (%)

Steel bolt yield1.07.41937.830.331.54
0.47.61814.7137.837.06

Member buckling1.09.45588.6790.6912.39