WEN-CHENG LIAOGoel, S. C.S. C.GoelChao, S. H.S. H.Chao2023-01-072023-01-072010-01-019780415593182https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/627032Performance-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.[SDGs]SDG11conference paper10.1201/b10552-2242-s2.0-84861079464https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84861079464