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

Table 2

Main properties of the six RC building models (dimensions in cm).

Model property	RC3	RC3-BRB	RC6	RC6-BRB	RC9	RC9-BRB
Column1	55 × 55	40 × 40	65 × 65	55 × 55	55 × 55	60 × 60
Column2			65 × 65	50 × 50	55 × 55	45 × 45
Column3					45 × 45	35 × 35
Beam1	35 × 65	30 × 65	45 × 100	35 × 75	40 × 75	30 × 55
Beam2			35 × 75	35 × 65	40 × 70	30 × 60
Beam3					30 × 60	25 × 50
BRB (area)		40		52		36
Period (s)	0.69	0.42	0.87	0.72	0.92	0.87