Research Article

Cumulative Ductility and Hysteretic Behavior of Small Buckling-Restrained Braces

Table 3

Hysteretic energy and cumulative ductility factor (η) of SBRBs.

Specimen
()
Hysteretic energy 

kN-mm (×103)
First yield force 

kN
()
First yield deformation 

mm
()
Cumulative ductility factor 
η
()
Bilinear
()
Menegotto-Pinto
()
Experiment
()

SBRB-128.5323.6024.5989.670.61450
SBRB-219.5115.4714.0865.660.92233
SBRB-318.6714.8118.7266.671.11253
SBRB-423.6720.1927.5290.901.52199