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-1 | 28.53 | 23.60 | 24.59 | 89.67 | 0.61 | 450 | SBRB-2 | 19.51 | 15.47 | 14.08 | 65.66 | 0.92 | 233 | SBRB-3 | 18.67 | 14.81 | 18.72 | 66.67 | 1.11 | 253 | SBRB-4 | 23.67 | 20.19 | 27.52 | 90.90 | 1.52 | 199 |
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