Performance Based Plastic Design (PBPD) of RC special moment frame structures
Journal
Concrete under Severe Conditions: Environment and Loading - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Concrete under Severe Conditions, CONSEC'10
Journal Volume
2
ISBN
9780415593182
Date Issued
2010-01-01
Author(s)
Abstract
Performance-Based Plastic Design (PBPD) method has been developed to achieve enhanced performance of earthquake resistant structures. This paper presents development of the PBPD approach as applied to reinforced concrete special moment structures. Four baseline RC SMF (4, 8, 12 and 20-story) as used in the ATC 63 Project and designed to comply with the requirements of ACI 318-05 and ASCE/SEI 7-05 were selected for this study. Those frames were then redesigned by the PBPD approach. For response evaluation purposes, the baseline and PBPD frames were subjected to extensive inelastic pushover and time-history analyses. The results showed that the PBPD frames met all the desired performance objectives, including the intended yield mechanisms and the target drifts. In short, the study shows that the PBPD approach can be successfully applied to RC structures, and that the responses of the example moment frames were much improved over those of the corresponding baseline frames. © 2010 Taylor & Francis Group, London.
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Type
conference paper