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ULTIMATE
LATERAL
SHEAR
CAPACITY
OF
STEEL
FRAMES
WITH
INVERTED
V
BRACES
by
Toshibumi
FUKUTA*
and
Hiroyuki
YAMANOUCHI",
Members
ofA.
I.
J.
1,
lntroduction
In
high
seismic zones,it
is
important
for
structuraldesigners
to
pTedict
appropriatelythe
seismicperformance
of structuresdesigned
or underdesigning, especiallyto
estimatethe
tiltimatelateral
shear
capacity
of
them.
Refs.
1
and
2
discussed
simple evaluation methods onthe
ultimatelateral
shear capacity of one-bayand
one-storyframes
withinverted
V
braces
(chevron
shapedbraces).
However,
the
applicability ofthese
methodsto
the
multi-bay andmulti-story
frames
has
not
yet
been
verified.On
the
otherhand,
an evaluation method onthe
restoringforce
characteristics
of
the
frames
withinve[ted
V
braces
wasproposed
recentlyby
Inoue
andShiTnizu
{Ref.
3).
The
method,however,
is
so complicatedthat
it
is
not convenient evenin
designing
ofthe
low-
and medium-risebuildings.
Therefore,
structuraldesigners
stiLl need1)
sufficientknowledge
onthe
manner offailure
ofthe
braced
bay
beam
and
on
the
contribution ofthis
failure
to
the
ultimatelateral
shear capacity ofthe
multi-bay and multi-storyframes,
and2)
a simpLe evaluation method onthe
uLtimatelateral
shear capacityof
the
frames.
Thus,
this
paper
discusses
the
low-
and medium-rise steetbuildings
with multi-bay, wherethe
sheardeflection
becomes
a majorpart
ofthe
inter-story
lateral
displacement
andthe
intermediate
braces
withthe
slenderness ratio of70
to
130
are mainlydesigned.
The
following
significantiterns
areinvestigated
in
identifying
lateral
shearforce
characteristics ofthese
frames;O
evaluation
of
post-buckling
strength
of
a
pair
ofbraces
in
aframe,
and2)
evaluation of contribution ofbraced
bay
beam
to
lateral
strength ofthe
total
frame.
Then,
these
items
areincorpoiated
in
the
evaluation methodfor
the
uitimatelateral
shear capacity ofthe
frames.
The
methodis
appliedto
the
scaled modelframes
which weretested
aspart
ofthe
U.
S,
-Japan
Cooperative
Research
Program
Utitizing
Large
Scale
Testing
Facilities
(Ref.
4),
andits
applicabilityto
the
frames
withinverted
V
braces
aregenerally
discussed.
2.
Evaluation
Method
on
Ultimate
Lateral
Shear
Capacity
2-1
Lateral
Load
Carrying
Mechanism
Frames
with
inverted
V
braces
have
a
lateral
load
carrying
mechanism
different
from
diagonal
braced
Irames
or
moment-resisting
frames.
The
evaluation method onthe
uLtimatelateral
shear capacity ofthe
frames
shouldbe
developecl
onthe
basis
oftheir
characteristics ofthe
lateral
load
carrying mechanism,in
particular
the
inteTaction
between
braces
andbraced
bay
beams.
Then,
in
orderto
make clearthe
abovepeculiarity,
the
experimental resultsof
the
seismictests
onthe
scaled modelframes
withinverted
V
hraces
(Ref.4)
afeintroduced
hore:
The
elevation ofthe
typicai
frame
ofthese
tests,
Test
Frame
No.
1,
is
shownin
Fig.
1.
Just
at an earlystage
ofthe
lateral
storydrift,
such as11396
radian ofthe
Test
Frame
No.
1,
the
compression-side
braces
withthe
effectiveslenderness ratio of
54
werebuckled.
Then,
with anincrease
of
the
story
drift,
tlte
compression-sidebrace
reducedits
axialforce.
On
the
otherhand,
the
tension-side
brace
was stretched, andits
axial
force
Tose within alimit.
The
absolute values ofthe
forces
in
both
the
bTaces
were notidentical
in
this
range.The
concenttatedforce
that
balanced
with
the
difference
between
the
axial
forces
in
a
pair
ef
braces,
applied
verticallyto
the
mid-span ofthe
braeed
bay
beam.
The
ultimate strength ofthe
braced
bay
beam
was not solarge
that
it
yielded
and waspulled
downwafd
by
the
concentrated
force.
The
downward
deformation
induced
the
additional shortening ofthe
compression-sidebrace
andA
part of this paper was reperted in Ref.]z.*
Dr.
ofEng.,
Sefiioi
ReseaTch
Engineer,
Structural
EngineeTing
DepaTtment,
Building
Researeh
Institute,
Ministry
of
Construction
(BRI)
*'
Dr,
etEng.,
Head
ofStructural
Dynamics
Division,
Structural
Enginee[ing
Dcpartment,
BRI
CManuscript
receivedAilgust
30, lgS8/PaperAccepted
February
7,
1989)
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Test
Frame
No.1
accordingly resulted
in
almost noincrease
in
shovtening of
the
brace
exceededten
times
the
yield
axiald'
storydrift
range.Fig.3
showsthe
peak
axialforce
in
the
tensien-side
single
difference
between
these
two
frames
is
the
detail
ofbeams,
andthe
steelbeams
ofthe
Test
Frame
No,
are
strengthened
by
the
concretefloor
slabs.2.
42
times
aslarge
asthat
ofbeams
in
the
Test
Frame
No.
the
test
frames
experiencedthe
buckling
of
the
braces.
frames
had
almost sameaxial
forces.
After
this,
the
diff
The
strengthpropoition
ofthe
beam
to
the
brace
in
the
design.
Therefore,
as afesuLt ofthe
experiments,inverted
V
braces
;one
is
to
evaluatethe
compressive stressshear
capacity, andthe
otherto
estimatethe
strength of2-2
Basic
Equation
ofUltimate
Lateral
Shear
A
simple
methodis
generally
usefulfor
earthquake example,the
load-displacement
relationof
a
steelframe
following
simple method.The
braced
frame
is
portion.
The
poTtions.
This
methodis
appliedto
the
prediction
ofthe
ubraces
As
illustrated
in
Fig.4,
the
frame
withinverted
V
Table1Out-Line
ofTest
Frames
testframeNo.
-ltem
123456
compositeslabyesyesnonononobraces
in'lninout-lnno
mechanismbbbbcb
loadingpassgmgggg
cf.in:in-plane
buckling
expectedto
occurout: out-of-plane
buckling
expected
to
occurb:
beam
collapsetype
c: colunn collapse type
g:
gradually
increasing
cyclicleading
m: more complicated cyclic
loading
the
elongation ofthe
tension-side
brace.
As
shownin
Fig.
2,
isplacement and
the
axialforce
dropt
down
inthe
axialthe
large
brace
ofthe
Test
Frames
No.
1
andNo.3
in
each cycle.A
beams;namely,
the
Test
Frame
No,3
has
bare
steei
1
have
the
samedimensions
asthose
ofthe
Test
Frame
No.3
but
The
calculated moment capacity ofbeams
in
the
Test
Frame
No,
1
is
3
for
pesitiye
bending.
In
the
second cyclicloading,
both
Up
to
this
loading
sequence,
the
tension-side
braces
in
these
erence
between
the
axialforces
in
these
braces
became
large,
experiments
pertains
to
that
usually usedin
practical
two
items
arepointed
out asgeneral
problems
ofthe
frames
withlevel
ofthe
brace
in
the
range ofthe
ultimatelateral
the
braced
bay
beam.
Capacity
response analyses as welt as
the
design
of structures.For
with
X-type
braces
canbe
reasonablypredicted
by
the
disintegrated
into
the
moment-resistingfTame
portion
andthe
brace
load-displacement
curve
of
the
total
frame
is
then
composed
ofthe
load-displacement
curves ofthe
two
Itimate
lateral
shear
capacity
of
the
frames
withinverted
V
tens
1.0P/PyCOTTIP.
-t---Pu/Py
-s
ns.o
-1.0
10
20
AIAy
Fig,2
Axial
Force-Axial
Displacement
Relation
ofS-Brace
in
2nd
Story
efTest
Frame
No.1
--100-braces
isdisintegrated
1.0
into
the
two
portions.
The
PtlPy
o.o
No.1
tIttl SN'o'":3""li.. .t
brace
buckling
tIZI]
Fig3EveryFirst
1234
loading
cyclePeak
Tensile
Axial
Force
Story
ofTest
Frames
Ne.Iof
Braces
in
and
No.3
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+
Frame
withMoment-Resisting
Inverted
V
Frame
Portjon
BracesFig.4
Disintegration
ofFrame
withInverted
V
Two
Sub-Structures
BracePortion
Braces
into
800Q(kN)
400
O
2
4
6
sstory
Frame
No.ln-a
drift(cm)
Fig,5
Representative
Comparison
between
Ultimate
Lateral
Shear
Capacity
given
by
Eq.1
andAnalytical
Load-Displacement
Ctirve
by
tic
Hinge
Method
ofRef.IO
moment-resisting
frame
portion
consists ofbeams
andcolumns
whichhave
the
same sectionalproperties
and memberlength
as
those
ofthe
membersin
the
originalframe.
The
braces
andthe
braced
bay
beams
arethe
members ofthe
brace
portion,
The
beams
are
simply
supported
withthe
same spanlength
andfull
plastic
moment asthose
ofthe
original
beams
in
the
braced
bays.
Further,
the
braces
have
the
samebuckling
load,
tensile
yield
strength and ultimate cornpressive strength asthose
ofthe
originalbraces,
Now,
the
ultimate
lateral
shear capacityQ.
ofthe
originalframe
withinverted
V
braces
is
given
asfollows;
Qu=Qbu+QTy--H--'"""'"H'"'"-'"H"'""'"'H"HHH'HH"'"'"H"'H'"HH"''"'-'-''"'"''h''''-'''"'(1)
where,
Qb.
is
the
ultimatelateral
shear strength ofthe
brace
portion,
andQ..
is
that
ofthe
moment-resistingframe
portion.
Qbu
andQ.,
are estimatedindependently.
Stresses
in
an actualframe
are redistributedin
post-yielding
ofthe
frame.
The
aboveequation.
however,
does
notincLude
the
effect ofthe
stress redistributionon
the
ultimatelateral
shear capacity.Now,
this
effect willbe
studiedby
using
the
analytical results of manycases
of
frames
in
the
section2-3.
Fig.5
shows a representative comparisonbetween
the
ultimatelateral
shear capacitygiven
by
Eq.
1
andthe
analyzed
load-displacement
curve ofthe
frame
No.
1-1-a
in
Tabie
2,
Here,
the
a-factor
in
evaluatingQ..
ofEq.
1
was assumedto
be
1,
O.
This
comparisonimplies
that
the
stress redistributionin
the
post-yielding
canbe
neglectedin
evaluatingthe
ultimatelateral
shearcapacity
in
the
light
ofthe
structuralclesign
ofbraced
frames.
2-3
Evaluatien
ofQb.
The
ultimatelateral
shear strength efthe
brace
portion
is
given
by
the
following
equation;Qbu=cQbu+tQbu'""'-'-'--'''"'"'"'"''-'"''"'"'''''''H-H'H'--'-'""H"HH'H-"'"-H-'"-'H'"HHHH(2)
where, .Q,.
is
the
ultimatelateral
shearstrength
ofthe
brace
in
compression, and ,Qb.is
that
ofthe
brace
in
tension.
As
mentionedin
the
section2-1,
the
axialforce-axial
displacement
relation ofthe
compression-sidebrace
has
atrend
that
the
magnitude ofthe
compressivedeformation
becomes
remarkablylarge
andits
stresslevel
ultimately comesto
about20
%
or30
%
of
the
yield
axialforce
in
the
range ofthe
ultimatelateral
s.hear capacity ofthe
total
frame.
This
stresslevel
is
defined
to
be
the
ultimate compressive strengthP.
ofthe
brace.
Then,
.Qb.
is
representeclby
the
cosinecomponent
ofP..
Estimation
ojr
P.
Braces
in
aframe
are surroundedby
beams
and
columns
through
junction
elementssuch
as
gusset
plates
sothat
bending
moments as well as axialforces
aretransmitted
to
the
braces
corTespondingto
end-rotations anddeflections.
According
to
the
conclusions ofRef.
5,
the
axialforce
in
the
post-buckling
ofthe
braces
restrainedby
beams
andcolumns
is
equalto
that
of apin-ended
brace
with
the
identical
sectional size and ahalf
mernberlength
of
the
originalbrace.
Therefore,
in
evaluatingP.,
the
brace
in
the
brace
portion
is
idealized
to
the
pin-ended
brace
with
the
identical
section and ahalf
memberlength
ofthe
originalbrace.
There
have
been
many analytical and experimental researches onthe
post-buckling
behavior
ofthe
pin-ended
brace.
Fig.
6
showsthe
load-displacement
curves ofthe
pin-ended
brace
in
Refs.
6
to
g.
In
these
methods,the
Paris's
one
gives
the
lowest
estimation onthe
resistingforces.
Since
the
Paris's
methodgenerates
the
displacement
without consideringthe
axialplastic
deformation
atthe
plastic
hinge,
it
gives
an underestimation onthe
resisting axialforce.
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In
the
laige
deformation
range,the
Kato's
methodgets
the
highest
axialforce
in
these
methodsbecause
his
method
is
ableto
take
account ofthe
expansion ofthe
plastic
zonethat
eccuTs atthe
mid-span ofthe
brace.
Here,
we willpresent
aformula
that
woulcl enable usto
evaluate
the
ultimate compressive strengthP.
ofthe
brace,
The
axialforce-axial
displacement
curves ofthe
pin-ended
braces
with slendemess ratio ef35
to
65
are obtainedby
the
Kato's
rnethod.According
to
the
foregoing
discussion,
in
tlte
post-buckling
these
braces
correspond
to
the
braces
weldedto
the
frames
whose slenderness ratios are70
to
130,
which a[e often usedin
low-
and medium-risebraced
building
stTuctures,aLmost
constantin
the
range of around10・A.,
whereassumed
that
the
ultirnate compressive strength ofthe
following
equationis
obtained as evaluatingP.
ofPu==(O.5-O.065Ae)Ps''''''''''''''''''''''-'''''''''''''''
where, using
the
yield
strain
E.,X.
is
defined
ask,=
the
radius ofgyration
ofthe
section,and
P,
the
experimental result ofthe
Test
Frame
No.
].
the
experimental axialforce
in
the
large
dis
Estimation
of
,Q,.As
discussed
in
the
section2-1,
in
the
compressioll-side
brace
andthe
total
shearforce
(Pt.-P.)sine=Pgu・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・-・・
wheretension-side
brace
is
the
cosine component ofPt.
astQbi
Ptu
cose==
Pg.
cote+P.
cose・・----・---Here,
P..
is
representedby
a.P....
The
factor
iateral
shear strength ofthe
tension-side
brace,
i.
e.,shear
strength ofthe
braced
bay
beam
simply supportedthe
beam
andL.
is
ahalf
spanlength
of
the
braced
bay.
Then,
substituting
these
notationsinto
Eq.5,
tQb.=min.(a.2Mgp!h+,Qb.,
where
his
the
storyheight.
Here,
Eq.
Estimation
of
the
foctor
aNow,
the
valueof
the
analytical results,
Fig.drift
of
the
cycLicloading,
of
the
braces.
Here,
Lg
in
Pgye
times
aslarge
asPgve
reached
to
two
tirnes
aslarge
as
P,,.
in
the
post-buc
span of
this
beam
shouldhave
a reverse sign ofthe
distribution
shouldbe
like
the
onedrawn
in
Fig.
Next,
we analyzed someframes
to
braees,
andthe
framing
onthe
a-factor
ofEq.
6.
with a
pair
ofinverted
V
braces
or with onlyone-story-three-bay symmetric
frames
withbraces
in
The
analyticat method usedhere
is
based
on-102-Fig.6
1.0
PIPy
O2468
10
AIAy
'
Comparison
amongAnalytical
Methods
asto
Displacement
Curves
ofPin-Ended
Braces
(slendernessratio==70)
From
Fig.
6,
it
is
found
that
the
axial
force
ofthe
braces
become
A,
is
yield
axialdisplacement
ofthe
brace,
Therefore,
it
is
brace
shouidbe
equalto
the
axialforce
atlo・A..
The
the
brace,
---・--・-・-・・・・・・・・-・-・-・---・----・--・-・---・・--(3)
VE;
Lli,
L
is
the
member
length
of
the
brace
in
the
frame,
i
is
is
the
yield
axialforce
ofthe
original
brace.
This
equationis
appliedto
The
dotted
anddashed
line
in
Fig.
2,
given
by
Eq.
3,
weH explainsplacement
range.the
axialforce
P,.
in
the
tension-side
bTace,
the
axialforce
P.
P..
in
the
braced
bay
beam
atits
mid span satisfiesEq.4.
".H"""h"".-H"-,H-H."..H-"."H-,,k",-"".---(4}
e
is
the
anglebetween
axes ofthe
brace
andthe
braced
bay
beam.
The
ultimateiateral
shear strengthof
the
described
by
the
following
equation;""".--.".,・-・-・・-・--・---・・-・---・-・・・・・・・・・--・(5)
a
implies
the
participation
of
the
braced
bay
beam
to
the
ultimatethe
ultimatelateral
shear capacity ofthe
frame.
P...
is
the
yielti
{=2
M..IL.),
and where,M..
is
the
full
plastic
mementof
The
axialforce
in
the
tension-side
brace
does
not exceedP..
P.cose)--・-・・--・・-・---・---・-・・"-・・--'・-'H"H""'H-HH-'""''C6)
6
meansthat
tQb.should
be
smaller valuein
the
two
terms
in
the
parentheses.
a-factor
in
Eq.6
wiLlbe
discussed
by
usingthe
experirnental and7
showsthe
total
shearforce
P,.
in
the
secondfloor
braced
bay
beam
ofthe
Test
Frame
No.
3
atthe
peak
story
P..
in
terms
ofP,..
wereback
calculated
by
the
measuredforces
{strain
gauge
Teadings)was estimated as a
half
length
ofthe
clear
span
ofthe
braced
bay,
P..
reachedto
two
in
the
positive
direction
loading
and reachedto
P...
in
the
reversedirection.
The
fact
that
P..
kling
rangeimplies
that
the
shearforce
in
the
right-hand sidehalf
shear
force
in
the
left-hand
sidehalf
span,i.
e,,the
moment8-b)
oTFig,8-c).
evaluate
the
effect ofthe
strengthproportioning
amongbeams,
col"rnns andTable
2
showsthe
analyzed
frames,
i.
e. , one-story-one-bayframes
tension
brace,
ene-story-two-bay asymmetricbraced
frames,
the
interior
bay,
aRdthree-story
braced
frames.
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s'-==..r.'----'-:a
it
-`'-...s Xa tl.:
i
;;;=fa
-i---,---p,gu---.o`li
Pgu=PgyoM
Q'ngp
a)a=1.0
MgpPgutl.5.Pgyong
Q'Mgp
b)
a=1
kpQ
Pgu=2.0.Pgyo
ngp
Mgp
.5 c) a=2.0
Pgyo=2ngp/Lg
-O.02
0
O.02
O.06
R
Fjg.s
Moment
Distribution
Pattern
ofBraced
Bay
story
drift
angle(rad.)
Fig.7
Total
Shear
Force
P..
atMid-Span
of
M
Beam
vs.Story
Drift
ofFirst
Story
ofTest
Frame
No.3
"tinax
Mpc
moment-curvature relationships of
beams
and columns weie assumedto
be
abi-linear
model(see
Fig.9).
Here,
in
Table
2,
the
deformability
ip
ma./ip. ofbeams
and columns was
assumed
to
be
2.0in
the
frames
witha¢
y
¢
maxsign of
prime,
andto
be
4.
4in
the
frames
withoutasignMpc:ful1
plastjc
moFvbentof
prime.
The
hysteresis
rule ofthe
brace
adoptedin
the
Fig.9
Moment-Curvature
Relation
ofBeams
andanalysis
wastheone
proposecl
by
Jain.
A.K・
(Ref・11)・
columns
used
in
Analysis
The
frames
weredefined
to
become
ultimate
whenthe
bending
mornentln
beams
or columns reachedto
M...,
Only
the
lateral
shear
force
was appliedto
the
frames.
The
lateral
shearforce
distribution
alongthe
height
in
the
three-story
frames
wasproportional
to
the
first
mode
ofthe
natuial vibration of
the
frame.
The
a-factor
in
Table
2
is
the
ratio ofthe
total
shearforce
efthe
braced
bay
beam
atits
mid spanto
the
sheaiforce
P...
whenthe
frame
becomes
ultimate.Framing
and configuration ofthe
structures
anddeformability
and strengthof
the
members areimpoTtant
factors
Table2
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affecting
the
contribution ofthe
braced
bay
beam
to
the
ultimatelateral
shear capacity ofthe
frame.
Frarnes
with manybays
aroundthe
braced
bay
concerned
have
alarger
a-factor
than
a one-bayframe.
The
multi-storyfiame
has
also a
larger
a-factor
than
a
one-story
frame.
The
a-factor
ofductile
frames
alsois
laTger
than
that
ofless
ductile
ones.
The
minimum value ofthe
a-factor
is
about1,
whichappears
in
a one-storyframe
with a singlebay
andbrittle
members.According
to
the
abovediscussion,
the
a-factors ofthe
casestndy
frames
arebetween
1.
0
and2.
0
exclusive ofthe
brittle
frames,
anddepend
onthe
framing
andductility
ofthe
structure.As
for
design,
simplicity
of
the
evaluation
equation
is
one
ofthe
important
factors.
Theiefore,
the
value ofthe
a-factor
can
be
1.0
in
Eq.6
as a safety side estimation,2-4
Evaluation
ofQ..
The
lateral
shearstrength
Q..
is
defined
asthe
lateral
shear atthe
limit
state ofthe
moment-resistingframe
portion,
and
is
calculatedby
usingthe
virtual work methocl.In
general,
this
methodfor
calculatingQ.,
canbe
appliedto
the
frames
wherebeams
and colurnnshave
excellentdeformability,
the
ultirnate strength ofthe
joints
exceedsthe
full
plastic
state of each member, andthe
iateral
buckling
of
beams
are restrainedby
the
appropriate supports.In
the
section
2-3,
the
a-factor
in
Eq.
6
is
assumedto
be
1,
O.
Therefore,
the
mornentdistribution
in
the
beams
and columnsbecomes
the
oneillustrated
in
Fig.8-a)
for
evaluatio" ofQ.,.
In
the
above
evaluation
methodfor
Q..,
the
full
plastic
moment ofbeams
is
obtained underthe
assumption
that
the
beams
are not subjectedto
the
axial
ferce.
The
full
plastic
moment ofthe
columnis
modifiedby
the
axialforce
derived
from
the
sheaiforce
of
the
beam,
the
additionalforce
from
the
braces,
andthe
dead
andlive
load
ofthe
upper
stories.
The
additionalforce
from
the
braces
is
assumedto
be
the
sine component ofthe
buckling
force
ofthe
brace.
After
the
buckling
ofthe compression-sidebrace,
its
stress
i$
actually
reduced, andthe
axialforce
in
the
tension-side
brace
is
alittle
different
from
the
buckling
force.
Therefore,
this
assumptiongives
alittle
overestimationto
the
axialforce
in
the
column atthe
mechanismstate
ofthe
moment-resistingframe
portion,
but
this
discrepancy
has
little
effect on
the
ultimatelateral
shear strength ofthe
mornent-resistingframe
portion.
According
to
the
analytical results ofthe
frames
in
Table
2
except
for
the
frame
No.
1-1-c',
the
a-factor
exceeded1.0
andincreased
with
the
increase
ofthe
storydrift
<Ref.
12).
In
Fig.5,
the
lateral
shearforce
rises up afterthe
story
drift
of4
cm,and
the
momentdistributions
in
the
beams
and columnsin
this
state arelike
the
oneillustrated
in
Fig.8-b)
orFig.8-c)
instead
ofthe
onein
Fig.8-a),
This
is
because
the
full-plastic
rnoment ofthe
columns
increases
due
to
the
strainhardening
and
because
the
braced
bay
beam
sharesthe
increase
ofthe
lateral
shearforce,
compensating
for
the
discrepancy
ofthe
columnshear
force
from
the
lateral
shearforce
evaluatedfor
Fig.8-a),
3.
Experimental
Verification
The
methodfor
evaluating
Q.
ofthe
frames
withinverted
V
braces
was appliedto
the
half-scale
three-story
steelfTames.
These
frames
weie subjected notpnly
to
the
lateral
force
but
also
to
the
verticalforces
atthe
top
ofthe
thiid
stoiy columns.
In
modifyingthe
full
plastic
moment of columns.the
axial
forces
in
the
columns were assumedte
be
the
maximum valuesmeasured
in
the
experiment.Fig.10
showsthe
comparisonbetween
the
ultimatelateral
shear eapacity analyzedCdashecl
lines)
andthe
experimental
load-displacernent
curves ofthe
frames,
It
is
found
that
the
analyticalvalues
give
good
approximationto
the
maximumlateral
shearforce
of
the
test
frarnes.
In
these
test
frames,
width-to-thickness raties(b!t
ratios) ofthe
column section areless
than
8.
2s
in
the
flange
plate
and39.
4
in
the
webpLate.
The
blt
ratios ofthe
beam
sectiondo
not exceed9.
61
in
the
flange
and44.
0
in
the
web
plate
(details
arediscussed
in
Ref.
4).
These
ratios are withinthe
Blt
limitation
for
the
mostductile
membergrade
in
the
Japanese
Building
Standard
Law
andEnforcements.
The
slenderness ratioLli.
ofthe
beam
about a weak axisis
less
than
170,
whereL
is
the
spanlength
andi,
is
the
radius ofgyration.
ofthe
beam
about a weak axis,Thus,
the
moment-resistingframe
portion
is
stable againstlocal
buckling
and
lateral
buckling
in
the
post-buckling
ofthe
braces
in
state such asO,
02
radian ofthe
storydrift.
Now,
the
brace
portion
shareF about onlysO
%
ofthe
lateral
shear
force
in
this
storydrift,
whileit
carries over80
%
ofthe
lateral
shearfoTce
in
elastic range.The
behavior
ofthe
total
frame
becomes
stablebecause
ofthe
contribution ofthe
ductile
moment-resistingframe
portion,
even
after
the
brittle
buckling
ofthe
braces.
The
ultimatelateral
shear capacity ofthis
frame
canbe
well and sirnply evaluatedby
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Q
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"--
ultimatelateral
shear
capacityFig.10
Comparison
between
Ultimate
Lateral
Shear
Capacity
andExperimenta]
Results
'Eq.
I.
4.
Conclusions
The
mainpurpose
ofthis
paper
is
to
propose
the
reasonable and simple methodfor
evaluating
the
ultimatelateral
shear capacity of steelframes
withinverted
V
braces.
The
frames
coveredby
the
proposed
method
have
braces
with slenderness ratio of70
to
130,
andductile
beams
andcolumns.
The
ultimatelateral
shear capacity ofthe
frames
is
given
by
Eq,6.
The
a-factorin
this
equationpresents
the
contribution ofthe
braced
bay
beam
to
the
ultimatelateral
shear capacityof
the
frame,
andhas
a valuebetween
1.
0
and2.
0
except
that
in
the
case ofbrittle
frames.
As
a safety side estimationin
the
design,
the
value ofthe
a-factor
can
be
1.0
in
Eq.6.
This
evaluation method was verifiedto
give
reasonable ultimatelateral
shear capacity ofthe
frames
withinverted
V
braces
in
comparison withthe
experiments.5.
AcknowIedgment
The
authors wishto
expressthe
deepest
appreciationto
Prof,
Ben
KATO,
the
University
ofTokyo,
for
his
valuableadvice
and encouragement,The
authors are alsothankful
to
Dr.
Isao
NISHIYAMA
ofBuilding
Research
Institute,
Mr.
Naokuni
ENDOH
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General
Contractors
discussions.
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