Seismic performance of prefabricated beam-to-column joint with replaceable energy-dissipating steel hinge

Abstract

I wish to submit an original paper for publication in Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, titled "Seismic performance of prefabricated beam-to-column joint with replaceable energy-dissipating steel hinge." The paper was coauthored by Xiao-Yang Chen, Chang-Gui Wei, and Gui-Yun Yan.This study presents a novel prefabricated beam-to-column joint for frame and hysteretic tests was conduct to evaluates the seismic performance and the restorable functional characteristics of the proposed joints. We believe that our study makes a significant contribution to the literature because the proposed prefabricated joint providing advantages for precast concrete reinforced frames, such as complete assembly, damage control, and maintainability of the structure after an earthquake.