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Hollow section braces are often adopted in steel frame structures because of their superior performance. To connect tubular members with framing elements, field-bolted connections of the slotted-in single splice plate and gusset plate are majorly used because of their ease of construction. However, the eccentricity between the splice and gusset plate axes reduces the compressive strength of the brace and induces local connection failures under seismic excitations. To improve the compressive strength, this paper proposes a new connection configuration for circular hollow section braces in which cruciform rib-stiffened splice plates are eccentrically installed such that the gusset plate axis coincides with the brace axis. The concept of the proposed connection was first described with theoretical considerations. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed connections, compressive loading tests and subsequent cyclic loading tests were conducted for four test specimens. Furthermore, finite element analyses with long-brace models were performed to demonstrate the good performance of the proposed connection for a wide range of slenderness ratios.

Compressive performance of circular hollow section brace with eccentrically installed rib-stiffened splice plates