Eccentrically Braced Frame - Conventional Construction

[P205]

I'm likely overthinking this but I wanted to get some reassurance from this forum.

- Can I have an eccentrically braced frame where I keep everything within the elastic range (i.e. no shear or flexure yielding link beam)? I have a fairly simple steel frame building, designed to Ontario Building code 2012 and CSA S16, conventional construction. Most braces are concentric, but we have one brace bay that needs to be opened up for architectural reasons.

- I'm thinking that, since I am designing this building for Conventional Construction (meaning that there are no ductility requirement that need to be design into the seismic load resisting system), I can simply check that all parts (braces & beams receiving the brace) remain elastic.

Any fellow Canadian's able to comment on this?

 

[KootK]

I agree with your approach.

I like to debate structural engineering theory -- a lot. If I challenge you on something, know that I'm doing so because I respect your opinion enough to either change it or adopt it.

 

[P205]

Thank you KootK.