Seismic Retrofitting of Existing Steel Frames with External BRBs: Pseudo‐Dynamic Hybrid Testing and Numerical Parametric Analysis - Freddi, Fabio; Wu, Jing‐Ren; Cicia, Massimo; Di Sarno, Luigi; D'Aniello, Mario; Gutiérrez‐Urzúa, Fernando; Landolfo, Raffaele; Kwon, Oh‐Sung; Bousias, Stathis; Park, Jamin; Stathas, Nikolaos; Strepelias, Elias (Earthquake engineering & structural dynamics, 2025)
Keywords: Bracing; buckling‐restrained braces; Ductility; Ductility tests; Earthquakes; Energy dissipation; Energy exchange; existing steel frames; Finite element method; Invasiveness; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical models; numerical parametric analysis; Parametric analysis; pseudo‐dynamic hybrid testing; Retrofitting; Seismic activity; Seismic engineering; seismic performance; Seismic response; seismic retrofitting; Steel frames; Steel structures; Vertical loads