Kamaris, GS, Hatzigeorgiou, GD and Beskos, DE (2014) Direct damage controlled seismic design of plane steel degrading frames. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 13 (2). pp. 587-612. ISSN 1570-761X

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Abstract

A new method for seismic design of plane steel moment resisting framed structures is developed. This method is able to control damage at all levels of performance in a direct manner. More specifically, the method: (a) can determine damage in any member or the whole of a designed structure under any given seismic load, (b) can dimension a structure for a given seismic load and desired level of damage and (c) can determine the maximum seismic load a designed structure can sustain in order to exhibit a desired level of damage. In order to accomplish these things, an appropriate seismic damage index is used that takes into account the interaction between axial force and bending moment at a section, strength and stiffness degradation as well as low cycle fatigue. Then, damage scales are constructed on the basis of extensive parametric studies involving a large number of frames exhibiting cyclic strength and stiffness degradation and a large number of seismic motions and using the above damage index for damage determination. Some numerical examples are presented to illustrate the proposed method and demonstrate its advantages against other methods of seismic design. © 2014, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	0403 Geology, 0905 Civil Engineering
Subjects:	T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Divisions:	Civil Engineering (merged with Built Env 10 Aug 20)
Publisher:	Springer
Date Deposited:	13 Jun 2016 09:05
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2021 12:47
DOI or ID number:	10.1007/s10518-014-9626-9
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/3764

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