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Steel and Composite Structures Volume 41, Number 5, December10 2021 , pages 713-730 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/scs.2021.41.5.713 |
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Seismic demand assessment of semi-rigid steel frames at different performance points |
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Vijay Sharma, Mahendra K. Shrimali, Shiv D. Bharti and Tushar K. Datta
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| Abstract | ||
| The seismic performance of rigid steel frames is widely investigated, but that of semi-rigid (SR) steel frames are not studied extensively, especially for near-field earthquakes. In this paper, the performances of five and ten-story steel SR frames having different degrees of semi-rigidity are evaluated at four performance points in the four different deformation states, namely, the elastic, elasto-plastic, plastic, and near collapse states. The performances of the SR frames are measured by the response parameters including the maximum values of the top floor displacement, base shear, inter-story drift ratio, number of plastic hinges, and SRSS of plastic hinge rotations. These response parameters are obtained by the capacity spectrum method (CSM) using pushover analysis. The validity of the response parameters determined by the CSM is evaluated by the results of the nonlinear time history analysis (NLTHA) for both near and far-field earthquakes at different PGA levels, which are consistent with the performance points. Results of the study show that the plastic hinges of SR frame significantly increase in the range of plastic to near-collapse states for both near and far-field earthquakes. The effect of the degree of semi-rigidity is pronounced only at higher degrees of semi-rigidity. The predictions of the CSM are fairly well in comparison to the NLTHA. | ||
| Key Words | ||
| CSM; far-field; near-field; NLTHA; performance points; semi-rigid | ||
| Address | ||
| Vijay Sharma: Department of Applied Mechanics, Government Engineering College, Palanpur 385001, India Mahendra K. Shrimali, Shiv D. Bharti and Tushar K. Datta: National Centre for Disaster Mitigation and Management, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, JLN Marg Jaipur, 302017, India | ||