Advances in Civil Engineering

Research Article

Evaluation of the Seismic Behavior Based on the Performance of Special Steel Moment Frames by Modified Energy Method and Force Design Method

Table 4

Final design results of energy and LRFD methods in 16-story structures.
Type number and cross section assigned to each of the beams and columns of the frameDesign methods
13121110987654321 
W33 × 169W33 × 169W33 × 169W33 × 201W33 × 201W33 × 201W33 × 201W33 × 201W33 × 201W33 × 201W36 × 210W36 × 230W36 × 328LRFD
W33 × 130W40 × 149W40 × 167W40 × 189W40 × 199W40 × 215W44 × 230W44 × 230W44 × 262W44 × 262W44 × 262W44 × 290W44 × 290Energy
26252423222120191817161514 
W14 × 74W14 × 74W16 × 67W16 × 67W16 × 67W16 × 67W16 × 67W16 × 67W16 × 67W16 × 67W27 × 129W27 × 129W33 × 169LRFD
W21 × 50W21 × 50W21 × 55W21 × 55W21 × 55W21 × 55W21 × 55W21 × 55W21 × 55W21 × 55W21 × 50W27 × 84W30 × 108Energy
       323130292827 
       W10 × 54W12 × 58W12 × 58W14 × 74W14 × 74W14 × 74LRFD
       W16 × 31W18 × 35W18 × 40W21 × 44W21 × 44W18 × 50Energy