Deformation Capacity of Steel Shear Panel Damper and its Reflection to AIJ Design Requirements

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Tamai ◽  
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Kazuhiko Kasai ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Cyclic Loading ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Thickness Ratio ◽  
Deformation Capacity ◽  
Shear Buckling ◽  
Loading Tests ◽  
Cyclic Loading Tests ◽  
Shear Panel ◽  
Shear Panel Damper

Shear panel dampers consisting of stiffeners and panels surrounded by four flanges are used as aseismic hysteretic dampers for buildings in Japan. Cracks can form easily in a shear panel damper when shear buckling occurs during the cyclic loading caused by a severe earthquake.For a relatively thin panel with a large width-to-thickness ratio, the damper’s plastic deformation capacity and the presence of shear buckling can be evaluated from the maximum deformation angle. However, when it is relatively small, very-low-cycle fatigue life for a relatively thick panel must be known to predict the usage limit of the damper, because the failure pattern changes when cracks form in the weld between the panels and flanges. Fatigue life relations for a thick shear panel damper with parameters of normalized width-to-thickness ratio and deformation angle are presented. A method for predicting the fatigue life under severe earthquake conditions is also presented. To validate the prediction expression, cyclic loading tests were performed on a shear panel damper and reviewed. The applicability of the method for predicting the fatigue life was confirmed through non-stationary cyclic loading tests. These results showed the validity and effectiveness of the expressions and the method.

scholarly journals Research on Dissipation and Fatigue Capacity of Nonstiffener Shear Panel Dampers

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji-long Li ◽  
Ya-nan Tang ◽  
Xuan-ming Liu
Keyword(s):  
Energy Dissipation ◽  
Cyclic Loading ◽  
Thickness Ratio ◽  
Seismic Action ◽  
Critical Height ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Passive Energy Dissipation ◽  
Hysteretic Performance ◽  
Shear Panel ◽  
Shear Panel Damper

Passive energy dissipation control system can effectively control structure response under seismic action. As a form of passive energy dissipation control, yielding steel shear panel dampers can dissipate energy of the ground motion very well with the plastic deformation. By monotonic cyclic loading, hysteretic performance of the 15 mm thick core-board nonstiffener shear panel damper is tested, and the test shows that the damper has a superior hysteretic performance. Using finite element analysis software ABAQUS, and taking height to thickness ratio of the core-board as variable, the qualitative analysis on the damper is carried out, and results show that the critical height to thickness ratio of shear panel damper is between 30 and 35. Three groups of 15 mm thick core-board nonstiffener shear panel dampers are tested by constant amplitude cyclic loading under different amplitudes; the results show that the fatigue performance is fine and the damper is a good energy dissipation device.

scholarly journals Study on Fatigue Life of Fractured Rock Under Constant Amplitude Cyclic Loading

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 275-280
Author(s):  
Run Li ◽  
Wenbin Jian ◽  
Rongtao Kang
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Cyclic Loading ◽  
Fractured Rock ◽  
Upper Limit ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Loading System ◽  
Hydraulic Servo ◽  
Loading Tests ◽  
Limit Stress ◽  
Cyclic Loading Tests

The electro-hydraulic servo loading system was applied to make cyclic loading tests for fractured rock-like specimens. According to the results of the fatigue test, the power function model was used to fit and analyze the test data, and the fitting degree of the curve was determined by the correlation coefficient, and the result was fitted well. The main factors influencing the fatigue life of specimens were analyzed. The upper limit stress was the most important factor affecting the fatigue life of specimens. Under the same conditions, the specimen had a shorter fatigue life when being applied by higher upper limit stress; the rock of different types and strengths not only had different fatigue life, but also had the different sensitive degrees between the fatigue life and the upper limit stress; the fatigue life of specimens was significantly influenced due to different initial damages.

scholarly journals TENSILE AND CYCLIC LOADING TESTS OF HORIZONTAL BRACE USING GLUED LAMINATED TIMBER WITH STEEL INSERTED PLATE

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (60) ◽  
pp. 655-659
Author(s):  
Shuzo HIROISHI ◽  
Akira OKADA ◽  
Naoya MIYASATO ◽  
Noburu NAKAMURA ◽  
Kenichi MAMURO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Loading ◽  
Glued Laminated Timber ◽  
Loading Tests ◽  
Cyclic Loading Tests

scholarly journals Low-Cyclic Loading Tests of Self-Centering Variable Friction (SCVF) Brace

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Qingguang He ◽  
Yanxia Bai ◽  
Weike Wu ◽  
Yongfeng Du
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Friction Coefficient ◽  
Energy Dissipation ◽  
Cyclic Loading ◽  
Variable Friction ◽  
Loading Tests ◽  
Low Cyclic Loading ◽  
Energy Dissipation System ◽  
Cyclic Loading Tests ◽  
Dissipation System

A novel assembled self-centering variable friction (SCVF) brace is proposed which is composed of an energy dissipation system, a self-centering system, and a set of force transmission devices. The hysteretic characteristics and energy dissipation of the SCVF brace with various parameters from low-cyclic loading tests are presented. A finite element model was constructed and tested under simulated examination for comparative analysis. The results indicate that the brace shows an atypical flag-type hysteresis curve. The SCVF brace showed its stable self-centering ability and dissipation energy capacity within the permitted axial deformation under different spring and friction plates. A larger deflection of the friction plate will make the variable friction of this SCVF brace more obvious. A higher friction coefficient will make the energy dissipation capacity of the SCVF brace stronger, but the actual friction coefficient will be lower than the design value after repeated cycles. The results of the fatigue tests showed that the energy dissipation system formed by the ceramic fiber friction blocks and the friction steel plates in the SCVF brace has a certain stability. The finite element simulation results are essentially consistent with the obtained test results, which is conducive to the use of finite element software for calculation and structural analysis in actual engineering design.

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