Slotted Beam-Column Energy Dissipating Connections: Applicability and Seismic Behavior

Table 2

Story shear seismic reduction ratio (%).

	Story 1	Story 2	Story 3	Story 4	Story 5	Story 6
EL Centro	38.9	38.2	40.4	37.3	30	37.5
Taft	41.7	38.5	39.1	31.9	23.5	28
Tongan	36.8	34.3	34.2	34.4	30.7	33.1
Average	Stories 1–3, 38.0			Stories 4–6, 31.8
	Stories 1–6, 34.9