Evaluating the influence of stoppers on the low-cycle fatigue properties of high-performance buckling-restrained braces

2012 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 167-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun-Lin Wang ◽  
Tsutomu Usami ◽  
Jyunki Funayama
2013 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 325-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sung Hyuk Park ◽  
Seong-Gu Hong ◽  
Chong Soo Lee ◽  
Ha Sik Kim

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaiju Lu ◽  
Ankur Chauhan ◽  
Mario Walter ◽  
Aditya Srinivasan Tirunilai ◽  
Mike Schneider ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 763 ◽  
pp. 867-874
Author(s):  
Yu Shu Liu ◽  
Ke Peng Chen ◽  
Guo Qiang Li ◽  
Fei Fei Sun

Buckling Restrained Braces (BRBs) are effective energy dissipation devices. The key advantages of BRB are its comparable tensile and compressive behavior and stable energy dissipation capacity. In this paper, low-cycle fatigue performance of domestic BRBs is obtained based on collected experimental data under constant and variable amplitude loadings. The results show that the relationship between fatigue life and strain amplitude satisfies the Mason-Coffin equation. By adopting theory of structural reliability, this paper presents several allowable fatigue life curves with different confidential levels. Besides, Palmgren-Miner method was used for calculating BRB cumulative damages. An allowable damage factor with 95% confidential level is put forward for assessing damage under variable amplitude fatigue. In addition, this paper presents an empirical criterion with rain flow algorithm, which may be used to predict the fracture of BRBs under severe earthquakes and provide theory and method for their engineering application. Finally, the conclusions of the paper were vilified through precise yet conservative prediction of the fatigue failure of BRB.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (15) ◽  
pp. 4237
Author(s):  
Takuma Tanaka ◽  
Togo Sugioka ◽  
Tatsuya Kobayashi ◽  
Ikuo Shohji ◽  
Yuya Shimada ◽  
...  

The effect of heat treatment on tensile and low cycle fatigue properties of the oxygen-free copper for electric power equipment was investigated. The heat treatment at 850 °C for 20 min, which corresponds to the vacuum brazing process, caused the grain growth and relaxation of strain by recrystallization, and thus, the residual stress in the oxygen-free copper was reduced. The tensile strength and 0.2% proof stress were decreased, and elongation was increased by the heat treatment accompanying recrystallization. The plastic strain in the heat-treated specimen was increased compared with that in the untreated specimen under the same stress amplitude condition, and thus, the low cycle fatigue life of the oxygen-free copper was degraded by the heat treatment. Striation was observed in the crack initiation area of the fractured surface in the case of the stress amplitude less than 100 MPa regardless of the presence of the heat treatment. With an increase in the stress amplitude, the river pattern and the quasicleavage fracture were mainly observed in the fracture surfaces of the untreated specimens, and they were observed with striations in the fracture surfaces of the heat-treated ones. The result of the electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD) analysis showed that the grain reference orientation deviation (GROD) map was confirmed to be effective to investigate the fatigue damage degree in the grain by low cycle fatigue. In addition, the EBSD analysis revealed that the grains were deformed, and the GROD value reached approximately 28° in the fractured areas of heat-treated specimens after the low cycle fatigue test.


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