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In order to study the influence of brace failure on the seismic response of concentrically braced frames and the improvement of the residual structure's resistance to collapse due to reserve capacity, a series of concentrically braced frame prototypes with different story numbers is designed. A matrix of six finite-element concentrically braced-frame (CBF) models is established, which is varied by the number of stories and the level of reserve capacities. Accuracy of the numerical model is verified by comparing the responses of the shaking-table test of the concentrically braced frames, under 10 different working conditions. Then, a nonlinear time-history analysis, considering brace failure in one specified story, is carried out. The results show that the story-drift angle of the failure story as well as its adjacent stories increases greatly in the ideal pinned model. The above phenomenon is particularly serious, when the failure occurs at the top or bottom of the structure. With the reserve capacity brought by column continuity, and the semi-rigid rotation capacity of the beam-to-column and column-to-base connections are taken into consideration, the increase in story-drift angle caused by the brace failure is effectively reduced. However, the inherent reserve capacity has little influence on the dynamic characteristics of concentrically braced frames in the elastic stage.

Effects of Reserve Capacity on Seismic Response of Concentrically Braced Frames by Considering Brace Failure