TY  - JOUR
T1  - Seismic Performance of Vertical Shear Links
AU - Ahmad Dehvari Dehaki, Manzoor AU - Hosseini Sarjou, Parviz 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 12
IS  - 9
SP  - 2423
EP  - 2426
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2017.2423.2426
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2017.2423.2426
KW  - Energy dissipation
KW  -shear link
KW  -pushover analysis
KW  -amount
KW  -length
AB  - One way to reinforce steel structures is to use braces which are both concentric and eccentric.
Concentric braces have high stiffness and low ductility while eccentric braces have initial stiffness and
proportional ductility. In eccentric braces, link beam is an area under plastic deformation which leads to
earthquake energy absorption. These beams are either horizontal as a part of story beam or vertical located
between story beam and two braces. Link beam length is one of the most important parameters in analysis and
design of these structures. Behavior of link beam will be closer to shear link when its length is lower. If length
of a link beam exceeds a certain amount, its behavior will shift to shear link. This study tends to evaluate seismic
performance of frames with vertical link beam by using DRAIN-2DX which is the most powerful software for
non-linear static and dynamic analyses.
ER  -