Enhanced Seismic Structural Reliability on Reinforced Concrete Buildings by Using Buckling Restrained Braces

Table 1

Main geometric characteristics of the designed structural models.

Model	Number of floors	Bay dir. X	Bay dir. Y	Interstory height (m)	Bay length (m)	Total height (m)
RC3, RC3-BRB	3	3	3	3.5	7	10.5
RC6, RC6-BRB	6	3	3	3.5	7	21
RC9, RC9-BRB	9	3	3	3	5	27