抄録
Truss frames generally have fragile characteristics led by member buckling, however, designing truss structures elastically against large earthquake is not economic and remaining risks for fragile collapse for the seismic level exceeding the design criteria. In this paper, damage controlled design for truss frame structures for high-rise automatic rack warehouses using energy dissipation devices at column bases are discussed. Real size mock-up tests using practical devices are carried out, and their performances for reducing seismic response are discussed comparing to the conventional truss frames.
