Full-scale BRB testing: Dynamic Near-Fault Protocols

Project: The Feasibility of Using Buckling-Restrained Braces for Long-Span Bridges Sponsor: California Department of Transportation Specimen Donor: CoreBrace, LLC - Several fully dynamic buckling-restrained brace (BRB) loading protocols are applied to one of the first stainless steel yielding core BRBs to be tested. Two near-fault protocols were developed using simulated BRB demands obtained subjecting a finite element model of the Vincent Thomas Bridge (VTB), equipped with BRB elements, to near-fault pu