The Effect of Easy-Going Steel on KBF's Seismic Behavior

The knee bracing steel frame (KBF) is a new type of energy dissipating frame which enjoys exceptional ductility and lateral stiffness. Rather than the beam-column joint, one end of the diagonal brace in KBF is attached to the knee element. Indeed, the knee element as a hysteretic damper is designed...

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Main Authors: Mussa Mahmoudi, Asghar Vatani Oskouie, Amin Havaran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Tehran Press 2013-06-01
Series:Civil Engineering Infrastructures Journal
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Online Access:http://ceij.ut.ac.ir/article_39475_d043e11d86ffaa9383a5e416be05adad.pdf