Seismic Response of Steel SMFs Subjected to Vertical Components of Far- and Near-Field Earthquakes with Forward Directivity Effects

Table 1

Sections of 3-, 5-, and 8-story structures.

	No.	Column	Beam
3-story	1	Tube 200 × 200 × 20	IPE 300
	2	Tube 200 × 200 × 20	IPE 300
	3	Tube 200 × 200 × 20	IPE 270
	4	Tube 280 × 280 × 20	IPE 400
	5	Tube 280 × 280 × 20	IPE 300
	6	Tube 280 × 280 × 20	IPE 270
5-story	1	Tube 240 × 240 × 20	IPE 330
	2	Tube 240 × 240 × 20	IPE 360
	3	Tube 180 × 180 × 20	IPE 240
	4	Tube 300 × 300 × 20	IPE 330
	5	Tube 300 × 300 × 20	IPE 360
	6	Tube 240 × 240 × 20	IPE 240
8-story	1	Tube 340 × 340 × 20	IPE 450
	2	Tube 340 × 340 × 20	IPE 450
	3	Tube 280 × 280 × 20	IPE 450
	4	Tube 200 × 200 × 20	IPE 360
	5	Tube 400 × 400 × 20	IPE 450
	6	Tube 400 × 400 × 20	IPE 450
	7	Tube 340 × 340 × 20	IPE 450
	8	Tube 280 × 280 × 20	IPE 360

The below syntax is used for the position of columns and beams in the result of analysis (Table 8). is the code for location of columns results. i = number of stories. is the code for location of beams results. j = number of columns from the left of structures. k = number of spans from the left of structures.