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<doi>/ISEC.res.2017.188</doi>
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<article-title>SEISMIC PERFORMANCE OF SIX-STORY<br/>
FABRICATED STEEL FRAMES UNDER<br/>
PSEUDO-DYNAMIC TESTING</article-title>
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<author>CAO ZHENGGANG<sup>1,2</sup>, WAN ZONGSHUAI<sup>2</sup>, LIU HAN<sup>1</sup>, DU PENG<sup>1,2</sup>, and FAN FENG<sup>1,2</sup></author>

<aff><sup>1</sup>Key Lab of Structures Dynamic Behavior and Control, Harbin Institute of Technology,<br/>
Ministry of Education, Harbin, China<br/>
<sup>2</sup>School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China</aff>

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<p>In order to study the seismic behaviors of fabricated steel frames with bolted beam-height adjustable steel beam-to-column connections (BHA connections), a six-story
steel frame was designed to run pseudo-dynamic experiments. Experiments were first
carried out with the steel frames with and without buckling-restrained braces (BRBs)
under three different types of seismic records under 35 gal and 70 gal. Then the
seismic records of EL_CENTRO amplified from 220 gal to 1,600 gal were loaded on
the braced frame. Results showed that there was no detachment, sliding, or yielding
detected in BHA connections. After BRBs were installed, the story drift and the top-story maximum displacement could easily meet the codes, and the structure was still
working in the elastic stage under 620 gal. It could therefore be concluded that BHA
connections have excellent seismic performance and they are suitable for application in
fabricated steel frames. The braced frame using BHA connections has good lateral
stiffness and energy dissipation capacity.</p>
<p><italic>Keywords: </italic>Bolted beam-height adjustable steel beam-to-column connection, Buckling-restrained brace, Fabricated steel system, Pseudo-dynamic test.</p>
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