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 5

Final design results of energy and LRFD methods in 24-story structures.
Type number and cross section assigned to each of the beams and columns of the frameDesign methods
13121110987654321 
W40 × 372W40 × 372W40 × 372W40 × 372W40 × 372W40 × 397W40 × 397W40 × 397W40 × 397W40 × 431W40 × 431W40 × 431W40 × 431LRFD
W40 × 372W40 × 397W40 × 431W40 × 503W40 × 503W40 × 503W40 × 503W40 × 593W40 × 593W40 × 593W40 × 593W40 × 593W36 × 650Energy
26252423222120191817161514 
W18 × 86W18 × 86W21 × 93W27 × 114W27 × 114W30 × 148W30 × 148W33 × 169W33 × 263W33 × 263W33 × 263W40 × 277W40 × 277LRFD
W21 × 68W21 × 68W21 × 55W30 × 90W33 × 130W40 × 149W40 × 183W40 × 211W44 × 230W44 × 262W44 × 290W40 × 324W44 × 335Energy
39383736353433323130292827 
W16 × 77W16 × 77W18 × 76W18 × 76W18 × 76W18 × 76W18 × 76W18 × 76W18 × 76W18 × 76W18 × 76W18 × 86W18 × 86LRFD
W21 × 62W21 × 62W24 × 62W24 × 62W24 × 62W24 × 62W21 × 68W21 × 68W21 × 68W21 × 68W21 × 68W21 × 68W21 × 68Energy
    484746454443424140 
    W12 × 58W12 × 58W12 × 58W12 × 58W16 × 77W16 × 77W16 × 77W16 × 77W16 × 77LRFD
    W16 × 31W16 × 40W21 × 44W18 × 50W21 × 50W21 × 55W21 × 55W24 × 55W24 × 55Energy