Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings Using Fuseis
Beam-Link Systems

P Tsarpalis; I Vayas; P Thanopoulos; D Vamvatsikos

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Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings Using Fuseis Beam-Link Systems

P Tsarpalis*, I Vayas, P Thanopoulos and D Vamvatsikos

School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

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Received Date: November 24, 2021; Published Date: December 03, 2021

Abstract

During the past few decades, with the introduction of modern seismic provisions and the availability of advanced materials several seismic retrofit techniques have been de-veloped. FUSEIS beam-link is a steel lateral-load resisting system, which comprises stiff-ness, ductility, easy replaceability and architectural versatility, making it a suitable choice for strengthening existing reinforced-concrete buildings. A case study is presented, where a deficient structure is upgraded by introducing FUSEIS beam-link systems, first by performing response spectra analysis, then refining the results via non-linear static analysis.

Keywords: Innovative anti-seismic systems; Rehabilitation; Behaviour factor; Seismic performance; Steel structures; Eurocodes; FUSEIS; Retrofit

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Citation

P Tsarpalis, I Vayas, P Thanopoulos, D Vamvatsikos. Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings Using Fuseis Beam-Link Systems. Glob J Eng Sci. 9(1): 2021. GJES.MS.ID.000702.