Precast concrete structures in Iran are generally designed as continuous columns with hinged beams, thereby making them simple frames. In this system in site show walls in two directions of buildings guaranteed lateral resisting system. However, in order to obtain a seismic resisting frame, the connection between beam and column should be moment resisting and ductile, allowing the formation of ...

Vertical combination of different seismic resisting systems, permitted in the design codes such as ASCE/SEI7-16, is an effective choice for structural mid- and high-rise buildings. In analysis structures, according to codes, estimate fundamental period vibration needed. On other hand, there no simplified equation compute mixed buildings with vertical systems. this study, by using Rayleigh’s met...

progressive collapse is a chain reaction of failures propagating throughout a portion of the structure disproportionate to the original local failure occurring when a sudden loss of a critical load‐bearing element initiates a structural element failure, eventually resulting in partial or full collapse of the structure. both general services administration (gsa) and united states department of d...

External installation of steel braces is an effective approach to increase the lateral load resistance moment-resisting frames. However, effects existence on robustness frames resist progressive collapse still not clear because little study has been carried out. To fill this gap, in paper, six multistory subframes (three bare and three braced frames) were fabricated tested. Test results indicat...

The design and behavior of a ductile structural system called a knee-braced moment frame are presented in this paper. The design of this structural system is based on a capacity-design concept that results in ductile behavior. The knee part is a fuse-like component that dissipates energy by the formation of plastic flexural and/or shear hinges at its ends and mid-span, when the building is subj...

ABSTRACT:The design of structures subjected to natural hazards such as earthquakes and typhoons demands safety of structures which is governed by the natural frequencies and the amount of damping in each mode of vibration. Fundamental frequency of a building and its damping have a remarkable effect on the magnitude of its response. The ability to predict these characteristics at the design stag...

The present work is aimed at assessing the impact of strong column-weak beam (SCWB) criterion on seismic performance of optimally designed steel moment frames. To this end, different SCWB ratios are considered for steel special moment resisting frame (SMRF) structures and performance-based design optimization process is implemented with the aid of an efficient metaheuristic. The seismic collaps...