Research Article

Damage Concentration Effect of Multistory Buckling-Restrained Braced Frames

Table 2

Earthquake waves used in the examples.

IdEarthquakeYearaMDuration/sbFD/kmcPGA/(m/s2)dSF

1Friuli, Italy 0119766.5036.34514.972.931.36
2Imperial Val.-0619796.5399.92022.033.441.16
3Imperial Val.-0619796.5339.33012.692.002.00
4Superst. Hills-0219876.5444.00023.851.822.20
5Loma Prieta19896.9339.94512.233.601.11
6Loma Prieta19896.9339.64024.522.071.94
7Loma Prieta19896.9359.95527.673.631.10
8Landers19927.2827.96519.743.041.31
9Landers19927.2844.00011.032.781.44
10Landers19927.2844.00023.621.652.42
11Northridge-0119946.6919.99011.394.720.85
12Northridge-0119946.6940.00020.105.570.72
13Northridge-0119946.6940.00017.287.380.54
14Kobe, Japan19956.9040.96022.503.381.18
15Kobe, Japan19956.9040.96019.142.381.68
16Duzce, Turkey19997.1455.90012.028.060.50
17Chichi, Taiwan-0519997.6290.00028.051.972.03
18Chichi, Taiwan-0519997.6290.00019.022.501.60
19Chichi, Taiwan-0519997.6290.00045.153.351.20
20Wenchuan20088.00250.00518.764.590.87
21Wenchuan20088.00250.00524.272.791.43
22Wenchuan20088.00309.00015.663.231.24

aMagnitude; bfault distance; coriginal earthquake ground motion records; dscale factor (SF) of 4 m/s2 to the original PGA.