Restoring Force Model of an Energy-Dissipation Joint in Hybrid Frames: Simplified Skeleton Curve and Hysteretic Rules

<table class="table-group" id="tab11"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Specimen</td><td class="align_center"><i>J</i>-6-1</td><td class="align_center"><i>J</i>-8-1</td><td class="align_center"><i>J</i>-8-2</td><td class="align_center"><i>J</i>-8-3</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Ductility of the test</td><td class="align_center">2.95</td><td class="align_center">3.20</td><td class="align_center">3.01</td><td class="align_center">3.04</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Ductility of the simplified skeleton curve</td><td class="align_center">2.76</td><td class="align_center">3.02</td><td class="align_center">3.02</td><td class="align_center">3.02</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Error (%)</td><td class="align_center">6.44</td><td class="align_center">5.63</td><td class="align_center">0.33</td><td class="align_center">0.66</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Comparison of the ductility from the experimental and the simplified skeleton curves.</div>

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Table 11: Restoring Force Model of an Energy-Dissipation Joint in Hybrid Frames: Simplified Skeleton Curve and Hysteretic Rules 