A Simplified Methodology of European Steel Characterization on Theoretic Structural Application with Buckling Restrained Braces

Table 3

Adopted steel core parameters.

Parameters	Case 1. nominal (EC3-EN 10025-2)	Case 2. regression (this work)	Case 3. maximum (EC8-1 6.2 materials)
Fy (MPa)	235	254.71	323.12
FuT (MPa)	360	381.14	510
FuC = b  FuT (with b = 1.16)	417.60	442.12	591.60
FuT/Fy	1.53	1.496	1.578
E (GPa)	210^+	216.16	210^+
Ratio_E = E1/E^++	0.003	0.003	0.003
ey	0.00112	0.0012	0.00154
Acore (mm^2)^++	392	392	392
Pycore (KN)	92.12	99.84	126.66

minimum nominal value of EC3, maximum nominal value of EC3, ⁺nominal recommended value, ⁺⁺data, and deduced. b value is the experimentally found relation between maxima tensile and compressive forces.