Evaluation of the Response of Posttensioned Steel Frames with Energy Dissipators Using Equivalent Single-Degree-of-Freedom Systems

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="730324.fig.003a" src="https://static-preview.hindawi.com/articles/amse/volume-2014/730324/figures/730324.fig.003a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Dimension of the frames</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="730324.fig.003b" src="https://static-preview.hindawi.com/articles/amse/volume-2014/730324/figures/730324.fig.003b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Angles and posttensioned strands</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Geometrical characteristics of the frames with PTED connections.</table>

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Figure 3: Evaluation of the Response of Posttensioned Steel Frames with Energy Dissipators Using Equivalent Single-Degree-of-Freedom Systems 