Nonlinear dynamic response of dissipative devices for seismic resistant steel frames: experimental behaviour and numerical simulation

This study presents the preliminary numerical and experimental results of the project Fuseis carried out with the financial grant of the Research Programme of the Research Fund for Coal and Steel of the European Union (RFSR-CT-2008-00032) ), initiated in July 2008 and supposed to end in July 2011, which aims at developing two innovative types of seismic resistant steel frames with dissipative fuses. The numerical model is developed using the commercial software package Perform 3D Nonlinear Analysis and Performance Assessment for 3D Structures by CS&I. The analyses are carried out using inelastic fiber sections for the fuse elements and the composite slab, and elastic steel column elements for the columns.