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.006a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jstruc/volume-2014/403916/figures/403916.fig.006a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Force-displacement curve of flexural frame and deformed shape and sum of elastic and plastic strain contour</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="403916.fig.006b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jstruc/volume-2014/403916/figures/403916.fig.006b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Force-displacement curve of X-braced frame and deformed shape and sum of elastic and plastic strain contour</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="403916.fig.006c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jstruc/volume-2014/403916/figures/403916.fig.006c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>Force-displacement curve of ODBS steel braced frame and deformed shape and sum of elastic and plastic strain contour</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>((a), (b), (c)) Pushover diagrams in various types of (a) only RC flexural frame and (b) X- Steel braced RC flexural and (c) ODBS steel braced RC flexural frame (plus results of simulated models in ANSYS).</table>

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Figure 6: Seismic Behavior of Steel Off-Diagonal Bracing System (ODBS) Utilized in Reinforced Concrete Frame 