Seismic Behavior of Steel Off-Diagonal Bracing System (ODBS) Utilized in Reinforced Concrete Frame

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="403916.fig.001a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jstruc/volume-2014/403916/figures/403916.fig.001a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Two-story models of flexural frame (A), X-Steel (B), and off-diagonal bracing system (C)</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="403916.fig.001b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jstruc/volume-2014/403916/figures/403916.fig.001b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Six-story models of flexural frame without bracing system (A), with X-Steel bracing system (B), and with off-diagonal steel bracing system (C)</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="403916.fig.001c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jstruc/volume-2014/403916/figures/403916.fig.001c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>Fifteen-story models of flexural frame without bracing system (A), with X-Steel bracing system (B), and with off-diagonal steel bracing system (C)</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Two-, six-, and fifteen-story models by various load bearing systems. (a) Two-story models and (b) six-story models and (c) fifteen-story models. All models have 3 m height of stories and 4 m length of spans.</table>

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Figure 1: Seismic Behavior of Steel Off-Diagonal Bracing System (ODBS) Utilized in Reinforced Concrete Frame 