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

Table 8

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

	Story	NF	Loc.	Record	FF	Loc.	Record	NF/FF
Beam moment (kN·m)	3	5.088	B32	#Record10	3.986	B35	#Record6	1.28
	5	6.789	B42	#Record10	5.810	B45	#Record6	1.17
	8	12.390	B42	#Record15	14.320	B45	#Record12	0.87
	20	1593.300	B52	#Records5	1373.670	B55	#Record13	1.16