Abstract
AbstractA new type of assembly composite damping self‐centering brace is proposed to simplify the configuration, reduce the manufacturing cost, and improve its energy dissipation capacity, which is assembled by several modules in parallel with different functions. A brace specimen with a total length of 1.843 m was designed and numerically analyzed. The brace exhibits stable and full flag‐shaped hysteretic responses, and dissipates adequate energy during cyclic motion, with a high bearing capacity. When the brace is unloaded, the viscous damping force disappears, and the residual displacement can be basically eliminated. The hysteretic envelope area increases with the increase in loading frequency. When the frequency is 0.5 Hz and the target displacement is 30 mm, the activation force, ultimate bearing capacity, residual displacement, energy dissipation during one cycle, and equivalent viscous damping ratio are 622.5 kN, 1018.7 kN, 9.11 mm, 41.10 kJ, and 0.214, respectively. Under random loading, the damping force provided by the viscous module ensures a fuller hysteretic loop than the existing displacement‐type energy dissipation self‐centering brace. The influences of design parameters on the hysteretic performances of the brace were studied. When the disc spring stiffness increases from 3.27 to 9.80 kN/mm, the ultimate bearing capacity, residual displacement, and equivalent viscous damping ratio change by 18%, −24%, and −15%, respectively. The viscous damping coefficient and flow index of the viscous module should be increased, and the prepressed force and stiffness of disc springs in recentering module should also be appropriately increased.
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