ABSTRACT
The dissipative devices used were based on yielding steel angles which activate at low drift levels, both increasing the moment capacity of the system and adding energy dissipation (reducing seismic demand through damping) without inducing plastic deformations in other elements. A new method of vertical load transfer was also designed and tested, using a hidden steel pipe to resist shear loading without hindering the rocking movement of the beam-column joint. Modelling and design procedures were also implemented and verified (Smith et al. 2012).
