Table 7 Basic information of studied frames
From: Emerging steel frames with Fe-SMA U-shaped dampers for enhancing seismic resilience
Story | SF | HSSF | brace | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Column | Beam | Column | Beam | Number of USSs installed in each brace | Number of braces in each story | Each truss area (mm2) | |
1 | W14X257 | W30X108 | W14X159 | W30X108 | 8 | 4 | 1912 |
2 | W14X257/ W14X211 | W30X108 | W14X159/ W14X132 | W30X108 | 8 | 4 | 1912 |
3 | W14X211 | W24X84 | W14X132 | W24X84 | 8 | 4 | 1912 |
4 | W14X211/ W14X176 | W21X68 | W14X132/ W14X109 | W21X68 | 6 | 4 | 1434 |
5 | W14X176 | W21X68 | W14X109 | W21X68 | 6 | 4 | 1434 |