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The BRB System developed by the National Centre for Research on Earthquake Engineering (NCREE), is one of the most advanced BRB systems available in the world today. Based on thousands of hours of design, testing, and refinement, the BRB system provides exceptional seismic performance as well as:
- Shortening connection lengths
- Enhancing out-of-plane stability
- Increasing the yield region length
- Reducing the brace core strain
- Increasing the brace fatigue life
- Balancing hysteretic behaviour
- Providing high ductility
When designs call for exposed BRBs, we provide different types of connection configurations such as pinned, bolted, and welded end connections.
The BRB steel core transfers the axial load achieving the full yield capacity in both tension and compression. The buckling restrainer prevents the steel core from global and local buckling. A special debonding layer lies between the steel core and the buckling restrainer, allowing the core to yield, dissipating energy during severe earthquakes.
Our BRB has consistently proven to be a highly cost-effective seismic damper, which can effectively absorb a significant amount of seismic energy and improve the building’s seismic performance. These BRBs deliver exceptional, reliable seismic performance, at the same time as providing the opportunity to significantly reduce your costs. It’s a proven system. Tens of thousands of BRBs are already supporting buildings worldwide!