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

Table 6

Comparison of the maximum moment of columns in 3-, 5-, 8-, and 20-story buildings subjected to near- and far-field earthquakes.

	No. of story	Field	Moment (kN·M)	No. of columns	Record	Near/far
3-story	1	Near	34.817	C14	#Records11	1.513
		Far	23.00	C14	#Record12
	2	Near	32.990	C14	#Records11	1.189
		Far	27.75	C14	#Record12
	3	Near	47.073	C14	#Records11	1.069
		Far	44.05	C11	#Record12
5-story	1	Near	16.428	C14	#Records10	1.043
		Far	15.74	C14	#Record12
	2	Near	29.077	C14	#Records10	1.028
		Far	28.27	C14	#Record8
	3	Near	30.849	C14	#Records10	0.986
		Far	31.29	C14	#Record8
	4	Near	40.865	C14	#Records10	1.002
		Far	40.78	C14	#Record8
	5	Near	45.906	C14	#Records10	0.958
		Far	47.93	C14	#Record8
8-story	1	Near	44.23	C12	#Records11	0.867
		Far	51.00	C12	#Record12
	2	Near	55.70	C14	#Records11	0.780
		Far	71.42	C14	#Record12
	3	Near	61.36	C14	#Records15	0.749
		Far	81.89	C14	#Record12
	4	Near	78.98	C14	#Records11	0.836
		Far	94.48	C11	#Record12
	5	Near	63.21	C14	#Records11	0.768
		Far	82.27	C14	#Record12
	6	Near	63.77	C14	#Records11	0.755
		Far	84.51	C14	#Record12
	7	Near	91.31	C14	#Records11	0.803
		Far	113.78	C14	#Record12
	8	Near	111.68	C14	#Records11	0.773
		Far	144.50	C14	#Record12
20-story	1	Near	3815.19	C13	#Records5	1.082
		Far	3526.56	C13	#Record13
	2	Near	2140.55	C13	#Records5	1.183
		Far	1809.33	C13	#Record13
	3	Near	1971.99	C13	#Records5	1.179
		Far	1672.12	C13	#Record13
	4	Near	1862.47	C13	#Records5	1.109
		Far	1679.10	C13	#Record13
	5	Near	2102.03	C13	#Records5	1.224
		Far	1717.44	C13	#Record13
	6	Near	2107.63	C13	#Records5	1.379
		Far	1528.38	C13	#Record13
	7	Near	1968.57	C13	#Records5	1.312
		Far	1499.84	C13	#Record13
	8	Near	1735.88	C13	#Records5	1.190
		Far	1457.93	C13	#Record13
	9	Near	1743.19	C13	#Records5	1.275
		Far	1367.14	C13	#Record13
	10	Near	1788.47	C13	#Records5	1.418
		Far	1261.23	C13	#Record13
	11	Near	2040.55	C13	#Records5	1.630
		Far	1251.65	C13	#Record13
	12	Near	1884.31	C13	#Records5	1.605
		Far	1173.92	C13	#Record13
	13	Near	2049.72	C13	#Records4	1.768
		Far	1159.12	C13	#Record12
	14	Near	1819.52	C13	#Records4	1.585
		Far	1148.11	C13	#Record12
	15	Near	1326.48	C13	#Records4	1.230
		Far	1078.67	C13	#Record12
	16	Near	1282.13	C13	#Records4	1.197
		Far	1071.34	C13	#Record12
	17	Near	1350.00	C13	#Records4	1.395
		Far	967.94	C13	#Record12
	18	Near	1114.58	C13	#Records4	1.317
		Far	846.47	C13	#Record12
	19	Near	1040.41	C13	#Records10	1.657
		Far	627.72	C13	#Record12
	20	Near	730.75	C13	#Records10	1.817
		Far	402.19	C13	#Record12