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A variable stiffness bracing device

The present invention relates to a variable stiffness bracing device comprising: a rectangular frame (100) having a solid quarter cylinder (101) at each angle of the rectangular frame (100); a pair of leaf spring (200) attached at each end of the rectangular frame (100) at the solid quarter cylinder...

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Main Authors: Hejazi, Farzad, Jaafar, Mohd Saleh, Fateh, Amir
Format: Patent
Published: 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/33939/
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spelling my.upm.eprints.339392015-04-21T12:22:22Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/33939/ A variable stiffness bracing device Hejazi, Farzad Jaafar, Mohd Saleh Fateh, Amir The present invention relates to a variable stiffness bracing device comprising: a rectangular frame (100) having a solid quarter cylinder (101) at each angle of the rectangular frame (100); a pair of leaf spring (200) attached at each end of the rectangular frame (100) at the solid quarter cylinder (101); a steel rail (300) fixed on top middle of the rectangular frame (100); a core (400) fixed at the tip of each leaf spring (200), the core (400) is slidable along the steel rail (300); a cubic core (500) located in the middle of the core (400); and a rod cable (600) passes through each end of the rectangular frame (100) and the core (400) and ended at the cubic core (500) located in the middle of the core (400). The above provision is advantageous as the present invention deploys wholly mechanical in retrofitting and rehabilitation of structures. 2014-06-16 Patent NonPeerReviewed Farzad Hejazi (2014) A variable stiffness bracing device. PI2014701608.
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description The present invention relates to a variable stiffness bracing device comprising: a rectangular frame (100) having a solid quarter cylinder (101) at each angle of the rectangular frame (100); a pair of leaf spring (200) attached at each end of the rectangular frame (100) at the solid quarter cylinder (101); a steel rail (300) fixed on top middle of the rectangular frame (100); a core (400) fixed at the tip of each leaf spring (200), the core (400) is slidable along the steel rail (300); a cubic core (500) located in the middle of the core (400); and a rod cable (600) passes through each end of the rectangular frame (100) and the core (400) and ended at the cubic core (500) located in the middle of the core (400). The above provision is advantageous as the present invention deploys wholly mechanical in retrofitting and rehabilitation of structures.
format Patent
author Hejazi, Farzad
Jaafar, Mohd Saleh
Fateh, Amir
spellingShingle Hejazi, Farzad
Jaafar, Mohd Saleh
Fateh, Amir
A variable stiffness bracing device
author_facet Hejazi, Farzad
Jaafar, Mohd Saleh
Fateh, Amir
author_sort Hejazi, Farzad
title A variable stiffness bracing device
title_short A variable stiffness bracing device
title_full A variable stiffness bracing device
title_fullStr A variable stiffness bracing device
title_full_unstemmed A variable stiffness bracing device
title_sort variable stiffness bracing device
publishDate 2014
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/33939/
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