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Probabilistic seismic performance evaluation of composite frames with concrete-filled steel tube columns and buckling-restrained braces

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The concrete-filled steel tube (CFT) composite frames using blind bolts and buckling-restrained braces (BRBs) have been studied with the development of building industrialization and energy dissipation technology. However, there has been no research so far on the probabilistic seismic fragility analysis for the blind-bolted end-plate CFT composite frames with BRBs (BRB-BECFT). Therefore, a total of 6-, 9-, 12- and 20-story BRB-BECFT prototype structures were designed based on the performance-based plastic design method. The results obtained from nonlinear static and dynamic analyses indicated that the four structures achieved predefined performance objectives in terms of story drift, joint rotation, and BRB ductility demand. Subsequently, fragility curves including non-collapse and collapse states were established to evaluate the behavior of the structure for a given intensity measure using the incremental dynamic analysis approach. Meanwhile, the geometric mean of spectral acceleration over a period range (Sa,avg) was selected as the intensity measure to assess the structural collapse capacity. Results showed that the adoption of Sa,avg can result in 32–42% lower data dispersion for the determination of collapse point, and simplification of the process of calculation of the collapse margin ratio of a structure. Furthermore, based on the combination of Sa,avg, residual story drift and BRB core plate strain, a framework of probabilistic seismic damage analysis of structures for combined damage evaluation at three levels of the system, subsystem, and component was summarized and conducted by the 6- and 12-story case study. This is practically useful to assess structural damage state after an earthquake because it could present more information on the probability distribution of various damage scenarios.

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Acknowledgements

This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project 51478158), the New Century Excellent Talents in University (Project NCET-12-0838), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (Grant No. PA2019GDZC0094), the Collaborative Project of Anhui University (Grant No. GXXT-2019-005), the Introduction Plan of High-level Foreign Experts (Grant No. G20190012003), and the National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents (BX20200193). The financial support is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. School of Civil Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, 230009, Anhui Province, People’s Republic of China

    Beibei Li & Jingfeng Wang

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 10084, People’s Republic of China

    Beibei Li & Yuanqing Wang

  3. Anhui Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Steel Structure Technology and Industrialization, Hefei, 230009, People’s Republic of China

    Jingfeng Wang

  4. School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, People’s Republic of China

    Jian Yang

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Appendix: Information of design results of BRB-BECFT structures

Appendix: Information of design results of BRB-BECFT structures

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Table 7 Design results of the 6-story BRB-BECFT structure
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Table 8 Design results of the 9-story BRB-BECFT structure
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Table 9 Design results of the 12-story BRB-BECFT structure
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Table 10 Design results of the 20-story BRB-BECFT structure
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Li, B., Wang, J., Yang, J. et al. Probabilistic seismic performance evaluation of composite frames with concrete-filled steel tube columns and buckling-restrained braces. Archiv.Civ.Mech.Eng 21, 73 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43452-021-00198-3

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