Cumulative Ductility and Hysteretic Behavior of Small Buckling-Restrained Braces

Figure 11

Hysteretic curves of SBRBs: experimental results by Sugihardjo [7] and analytical results using the Menegotto-Pinto functions [12] with steel core plates of (a) 50 × 8 mm; (b) 40 × 8 mm; (c) 40 × 8 mm; (d) 50 × 8 mm.

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