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http://dx.doi.org/10.7734/COSEIK.2020.33.6.419

Capacity Design of Eccentrically Braced Frame Using Multiobjective Optimization Technique  

Hong, Yun-Su (Department of Architectural Engineering, Hanyang Univ.)
Yu, Eunjong (Department of Architectural Engineering, Hanyang Univ.)
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Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea / v.33, no.6, 2020 , pp. 419-426 More about this Journal
Abstract
The structural design of the steel eccentrically braced frame (EBF) was developed and analyzed in this study through multiobjective optimization (MOO). For the optimal design, NSGA-II which is one of the genetic algorithms was utilized. The amount of structure and interfloor displacement were selected as the objective functions of the MOO. The constraints include strength ratio and rotation angle of the link, which are required by structural standards and have forms of the penalty function such that the values of the objective functions increase drastically when a condition is violated. The regulations in the code provision for the EBF system are based on the concept of capacity design, that is, only the link members are allowed to yield, whereas the remaining members are intended to withstand the member forces within their elastic ranges. However, although the pareto front obtained from MOO satisfies the regulations in the code provision, the actual nonlinear behavior shows that the plastic deformation is concentrated in the link member of a certain story, resulting in the formation of a soft story, which violates the capacity design concept in the design code. To address this problem, another constraint based on the Eurocode was added to ensure that the maximum values of the shear overstrength factors of all links did not exceed 1.25 times the minimum values. When this constraint was added, it was observed that the resulting pareto front complied with both the design regulations and capacity design concept. Ratios of the link length to beam span ranged from 10% to 14%, which was within the category of shear links. The overall design is dominated by the constraint on the link's overstrength factor ratio. Design characteristics required by the design code, such as interstory drift and member strength ratios, were conservatively compared to the allowable values.
Keywords
multiobjective optimization; eccentrically braced frame; genetic algorithm; capacity design;
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