Research Article

Seismic Retrofit of Reinforced Concrete Frame Buildings with Hysteretic Bracing Systems: Design Procedure and Behaviour Factor

Table 3

Main properties of equivalent bare structure and equivalent braced system.

DirectionStep 1Step 2
 (t) (sec)() (a/g) (kN) (kN/mm) (mm) (kN) (kN/mm)

2960.920.31324141.9361.5435739
2960.870.33360151.8371.5432034