Author(s)

Muhammad Tayyab Naqash, Qazi Umar Farooq

Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Islamic University of Madinah, Medina, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

This study is focused on?nonlinear analysis and design of?spatial and perimeter moment resisting frames for a 9-storeys?office building?having?9.15?m span.?Seismic?design criteria of Eurocode 8?Ductility Class High (DCH)?with behavior factor (q) of 6.5 and AISC/ASCE code,?Special Moment resisting Frame (SMF) with response modification factor (R) of 8 were employed.?The design outcomes?are?expressed in terms of frame performance?(non-linear analysis), section profiles?(code recommendations), strength-demand to capacity ratios, drift-demand to capacity?ratios and structural weight. The consequences of the research compare?two codes in term of weights and design performances.?This will aid professional engineers and researchers to select effective design criteria and capacity design rules?efficiently.

Eurocodes, AISC, ASCE, FEMA, Moment Resisting Frames, Seismic Resistance, Pushover Analysis

Tayyab Naqash, M. and Umar Farooq, Q. (2018) Performance of Rigid Steel Frames under Adequate Soil Conditions Using Seismic Code Provisions. Open Journal of Civil Engineering, 8, 91-101. doi: 10.4236/ojce.2018.82008.