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Secondary Stiffness Devices for Structural Systems

Invention SummaryThis invention adds additional stiffness to Buckling Restrained Braces (BRB), which support steel beams in construction applications. This product enhances BRBs by adding a steel compression plate (Fig.1) with stiffeners and secondary tension straps (Fig.2). These both improve the stiffness of regular BRBs in order to help control the...

Published: 5/6/2019 | Inventor(s): Lawrence Reaveley, Tyler Ross

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Category(s): Mechanical, Civil & Environmental, Infrastructure

Perforated Plate Seismic Dampers

Invention Summary A novel energy efficient absorption device used to dissipate energy and thereby reduce damage of a structure due to applied external and internal forces/stress. It is composed of a single steel plate shaped to have four "nodes" or fuse points of reduced area. As a structure experiences seismic accelerations that produce inter-story...

Published: 7/17/2019 | Inventor(s): Lawrence Reaveley, Tyler Ross

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Category(s): Mechanical, Civil & Environmental, Infrastructure