Comparison of chevron and suspended zipper braced steel frames
Yigit Özçelik
Broschiertes Buch

Comparison of chevron and suspended zipper braced steel frames

A comparative study

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Chevron braced steel frames require large beams to redistribute the unbalanced vertical forces exerted on the beams after brace buckling. A new frame configuration similar to chevron brace was proposed in the literature, where zipper columns were attached between mid-spans of the beams from second to top story. During severe ground motion, the unbalanced vertical forces caused by buckling of lower story braces are in this case redistributed to the upper story braces by these zipper columns. Consequently, all story braces buckle successively from first to top story brace instead of concentratio...