Since it is cost prohibitive to conduct an experimental program on a sufficiently large number of SC-BRB specimens to understand the range of behavior associated with the many possible combinations of design variables, the validated computational model was used to conduct a parametric study on single SC-BRB units to investigate the effect of design variables on the hysteretic behavior of the SC-BRB. Each 3.66 m long brace was computationally subjected to a cyclic loading protocol similar to the BRB qualification loading sequence of the AISC Seismic Provisions (AISC 2010a). The yield deformation was computed as Δ y =2.5 mm for a yield stress equal to F ysc =276 MPa, modulus of elasticity, E=200 GPa, and BRB core gage length of L core =1830 mm. The deformation associated with the design story drift, Δ bm , was taken as 5 Δ y .