Closure: Investigation on Performance of a Mathematical Model to Analyze Concentrically Braced Frame Beams with V-Type Bracing Configurations

Abstract

The discussion-paper published by Roeder et al. (2021), hereafter referred to as the responders for clarity, disputes the results published by Hadad and Fortney (2020), and the chevron effect (CE) analysis method published by Fortney and Thornton (2015, 2017) based on the responders’ earlier research results and their understanding of the behavior of chevron beams. This paper provides the reply to the disputed topics.