TY - JOUR
T1 - Application of buckling-restrained braces to earthquake-resistant design of buildings
T2 - A review
AU - Zhou, Yun
AU - Shao, Hetian
AU - Cao, Yongsheng
AU - Lui, Eric M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2021/11/1
Y1 - 2021/11/1
N2 - As an earthquake-resistant structural element, buckling-restrained brace (BRB) not only adds strength and stiffness but provides excellent energy absorption capability to a structure. Since its inception in the late 1980s, BRB has been the subject of research by many researchers. Different types of BRBs have been proposed for use to address miscellaneous structural requirements by researchers and practitioners primarily in Japan, U.S. and China. Research is continuing toward the development of BRBs that are more efficient, compact, lightweight, less expensive to fabricate and easier to install. This paper summarizes the development of BRBs in the past few decades including their history, classifications, applications and scientific research. A discussion on the advantages offered by different types of BRBs and some insights into the future prospects for BRBs are also given.
AB - As an earthquake-resistant structural element, buckling-restrained brace (BRB) not only adds strength and stiffness but provides excellent energy absorption capability to a structure. Since its inception in the late 1980s, BRB has been the subject of research by many researchers. Different types of BRBs have been proposed for use to address miscellaneous structural requirements by researchers and practitioners primarily in Japan, U.S. and China. Research is continuing toward the development of BRBs that are more efficient, compact, lightweight, less expensive to fabricate and easier to install. This paper summarizes the development of BRBs in the past few decades including their history, classifications, applications and scientific research. A discussion on the advantages offered by different types of BRBs and some insights into the future prospects for BRBs are also given.
KW - Buckling-restrained brace
KW - Earthquake-resistant design
KW - Hysteresis damper
KW - Review
KW - Structural control
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U2 - 10.1016/j.engstruct.2021.112991
DO - 10.1016/j.engstruct.2021.112991
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85113156093
SN - 0141-0296
VL - 246
JO - Engineering Structures
JF - Engineering Structures
M1 - 112991
ER -