Nurfarhana Diyana Hadi, Nor Hayati Abdul Hamid, Ili Farhana Azmi, Rohana Hassan, Yeri Sutopo, Bao Chao, Nurul Azmi Zainuddin
Two full-scale corner beam-column joints with and without fuse bars were designed, constructed, tested, analyzed and modeled under in-plane lateral cyclic loading presented herein. The first specimen was designed using Eurocode 8 and equipped with four fuse bars. Second specimen was designed using BS8110 (non-seismic code of practice) with corbel. All the specimens have similar size of foundation beams, columns and beams. Visual observation during testing showed that specimen with fuse bars suffered less damage as compare with specimen without fuse bars. Furthermore, specimen with fuse bars has higher lateral strength capacity, stiffness, ductility and equivalent viscous damping than specimen without fuse bars. Finally, there is good agreement of lateral strength capacity, ductility, stiffness and equivalent viscous damping which lies between 2% and 20% between experiment and modeling hysteresis loops. Thus, it is recommended that fuse bar as a green structural material can be installed inside the corner beam-column joint for RC buildings to cater strong earthquakes in high seismic regions. © 2021 Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures. All rights reserved.
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Shah Alam, 40450, Malaysia; Institute For Infrastructure Engineering and Sustainable Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Shah Alam, 40450, Malaysia; Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Semarang, Jawa Tengah, 50221, Indonesia; School of Civil Engineering and Hydraulic Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, China; NR Link Systems Sdn Bhd, SW-03A-18, Cova Square, Jalan Teknologi PJU 5, Kota Damansara, Selangor, Petaling Jaya, 47810, Malaysia
