2002 Volume 67 Issue 558 Pages 197-204
This paper presents a seismic design procedure to estimate the ductility demanded of hysteretic dampers in steel frames. Critical parameters that control the earthquake response of steel frames with hysteretic dampers are characterized and incorporated into the equivalent SDOF representation. Maximum and cumulative plastic deformations induced in hysteretic dampers are derived in explicit forms as functions of these parameters, and the accuracy of the estimations of plastic deformations is demonstrated through a comparison with numerical results.
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