The National Key Technology R&D Program of China during the12th Five-Year Plan Period(No.2012BAJ13B01);the Science and Technology Program of the Ministry of Housing and UrbanRural Development(No.2011-K2-3);the Science and Technology Foundation of Southeast University(No.9205000034);the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions(No.CE01-2-09)
To develop a high performance buckling-restrained brace (BRB) with less weight, an innovative type of the BRB with transverse rib restraints is proposed and studied through experiment. Three BRB specimens are cyclic...