Seismic Assessment of Buildings with Prepressed Spring Self-Centering Energy Dissipation Braces

AbstractThe seismic performance of four- and eight-story steel buildings with prepressed spring self-centering energy dissipation (PS-SCED) braces was evaluated using a proposed nonlinear mechanica...

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