Abstract
This study proposes high-strength steel framed-tube structures fused with replaceable shear links (HSS-FTSLs) to improve the seismic performance and post-earthquake reparability of traditional steel framed-tube structures. The conventional seismic design commonly uses the capacity design method, which primarily focuses on the ductility of the structures, resulting in localized damage concentrated on individual floors. An improved performance-based plastic design (I-PBPD) method is proposed for HSS-FTSLs based on the energy balance concept, target drifts, and preselected failure mechanisms. The proposed I-PBPD method considers the influence of post-yield stiffness of the structures. The seismic performance objectives for HSS-FTSLs are categorized into four levels, accompanied by the interstory drifts and residual interstory drifts corresponding to these objectives. The capacity curve for HSS-FTSLs is assumed as a tri-linear form to correspond with the failure modes. Three HSS-FTSL prototype structures with various heights are designed through the I-PBPD method. Nonlinear pushover and dynamic analyses were carried out to investigate their seismic performance. The results indicate that the HSS-FTSL structures designed using the I-PBPD method can achieve the expected failure modes and performance objectives under earthquakes of varying intensities, exhibiting exceptional seismic performance.
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