Experimental study and numerical analysis on seismic performance of steel beam-column damping joint in Chinese traditional style buildings

This paper aims to research the seismic performance of steel beam-column damping joint of Chinese traditional style building. Three specimens of steel beam-column damping joints with the1:2.6 scale were designed and researched, which included two specimens with viscous damper and one contrast specimen without viscous damper. The experimental study was carried out by cyclic dynamic loading test. The effects of viscous dampers for the steel structure beam-column joint in Chinese traditional style buildings are analyzed by investigating the hysteretic curves, skeleton curves, strength and stiffness degradation, ductility, overstrength factor, and energy dissipation capacity. The results show that the steel beam-column joints of Chinese tradition style buildings with viscous damper have better energy dissipation capacity and higher bearing capacity. Based on the experiment, the nonlinear finite element analysis was conducted using the ABAQUS software. The influence of damping coefficient on the behavior of the new damping joint of Chinese tradition style buildings was obtained, and the design suggestions were presented.