PSI - Issue 71

Nisha Thakur et al. / Procedia Structural Integrity 71 (2025) 233–240

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Fig. 5(a) 3-Dimensional Model of X-type Steel Bracing.

Fig. 5(b) 3-Dimensional Model of Diagonal Steel Bracing.

Fig. 6(a) Solid View Model of X-type Steel Bracing.

Fig. 6(b) Solid View Model of Diagonal Steel Bracing.

3. Results and Discussion

3.1. Lateral Displacement: The lateral displacement of an unbraced building in 3 directions for dead load and live load cases in seismic analysis are given in Table 2. In the table, the results are compared with different types of bracings.

Table 2: Max. Lateral Displacement in mm Seismic Load on various types of bracings

Floor

Not provided Diagonal

X-type (intersected) K-type X-type

4 th 3 rd 2 nd

71.10 65.04 51.90 34.13

24.71 22.87 17.98 11.71

19.01 17.64 13.65

21.45 19.02 20.00 17.64 15.66 13.65

1 st

8.71

10.12

8.71

0

14.82

5.37

4.10

4.69

4.10