Seismic Behavior of the Removable Links in Eccentrically Braced Frames with Semirigid Connections

<table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="9"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Position</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">Beam</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">Column</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">Brace</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">Link</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_center">Flange</td><td class="align_center">Web</td><td class="align_center">Flange</td><td class="align_center">Web</td><td class="align_center">Flange</td><td class="align_center">Web</td><td class="align_center">Flange</td><td class="align_center">Web</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="9"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Yield strain (<span class="nowrap"><svg height="9.39034pt" id="M22" style="vertical-align:-3.42943pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -5.96091 12.6916 9.39034" width="12.6916pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M538 96L524 119C492 88 454 63 446 63C439 63 434 70 440 101C463 223 491 341 518 448H508L433 422L401 276C355 192 240 56 188 56C163 56 154 89 163 133C184 233 207 338 235 443L230 448L152 424L58 17C40 -60 23 -143 23 -185C23 -241 42 -261 63 -261C92 -261 117 -241 125 -227L124 -221C109 -209 89 -165 89 -103C89 -55 96 -13 105 26H107C121 -3 134 -12 151 -12C172 -12 194 -5 221 16C279 61 330 124 384 194H386C381 159 377 141 368 105C343 3 363 -12 383 -12C416 -12 486 35 538 96Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,7.216,0)"><path d="M387 375C387 402 357 448 257 448C172 448 82 404 82 326C82 289 108 255 156 241V239C85 223 23 181 23 116C23 39 89 -12 182 -12C265 -12 336 31 378 91L361 114C320 73 269 47 216 47C157 47 115 82 115 137C115 191 160 219 218 219C243 219 262 218 272 217L304 259L302 266C295 265 281 264 255 264C195 264 163 294 163 335C163 377 200 416 249 416C293 416 321 389 329 342C331 332 335 329 341 329C355 329 387 352 387 375Z"></path></g></svg>)</span></td><td class="align_center">1800</td><td class="align_center">1800</td><td class="align_center">1790</td><td class="align_center">2100</td><td class="align_center">1670</td><td class="align_center">1650</td><td class="align_center">1630</td><td class="align_center">1570</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="9"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Table 4: Seismic Behavior of the Removable Links in Eccentrically Braced Frames with Semirigid Connections 