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Table 5 Design information of brace

From: Emerging steel frames with Fe-SMA U-shaped dampers for enhancing seismic resilience

Brace type

Number of USSs installed

Initial yield force of brace / kN

Spacing between USS / mm

Fe-SMA-brace

5

325

1100

6

390

1100

7

455

775

8

520

775

Q235-brace

5

326

1100

6

391

1100

7

456

775

8

521

775