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Proposed Limits of Stiffener Spacing Requirements for Short and Intermediate Length EBF Steel Links

Skretas, Nikolaos G.
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Karavasilis, Theodore L.
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Lignos, Dimitrios G.  
Mazzolani, Federico M.
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Piluso, Vincenzo
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2024
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Behaviour of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas
11th International Conference on the Behaviour of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas

The seismic performance of Eccentrically Braced Frames (EBFs) relies on the inelastic behavior of the respective steel link. Depending on their geometric characteristics, EBF links are categorized as short, intermediate, and long. These should respect performance criteria depending on their stiffener spacing requirements that have been established in accordance with prior physical tests conducted in the early 1980s. This paper summarizes the stiffener spacing requirements in accordance with AISC 341-22 and Eurocode 8 in conjunction with findings from pertinent experiments on EBF links, which have been collected from prior literature. The stress state of the EBF web panels can result in web instabilities. Therefore, idealizing the web panel as a plate enables the formulation of a plate buckling problem that is then solved analytically via the deformation theory of plasticity. The solution of the plate buckling problem allows for the development of new stiffener spacing requirements for short and intermediate length links. The proposed requirements, which are validated by continuum finite element simulations of representative EBF link geometries, generally lead to either more economic or safer design solutions relative to the current design status quo. Particularly, it is found that the number of stiffeners needed to satisfy the current seismic design requirements according to the North American and European seismic provisions for short links may be relaxed by 35%, on average. With regards to intermediate links, it is found that the proposed stiffener requirements satisfy the established performance objectives while the current stiffener spacing requirements do not at many instances.

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conference paper
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-62884-9_65
Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85200249316

Author(s)
Skretas, Nikolaos G.
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Karavasilis, Theodore L.
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Lignos, Dimitrios G.  
Editors
Mazzolani, Federico M.
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Piluso, Vincenzo
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Nastri, Elide
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Formisano, Antonio
Date Issued

2024

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

Published in
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Behaviour of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas
DOI of the book
10.1007/978-3-031-62884-9
ISBN of the book

978-3-031-62886-3

978-3-031-62884-9

978-3-031-62883-2

Book part title

STESSA 2024

Book part number

Volume 1

Series title/Series vol.

Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering; 519 LNCE

ISSN (of the series)

2366-2565

2366-2557

Start page

745

End page

755

Subjects

Eccentrically braced frames

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Intermediate links

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Plate buckling

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Seismic design

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Short links

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Stiffener spacing

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Event nameEvent acronymEvent placeEvent date
11th International Conference on the Behaviour of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas

Salerno, Italy

2024-07-08 - 2024-07-10

FunderGrant Number

Bodossakis Foundation

ENAC

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January 8, 2025
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