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

Table 6

Results of the analyses of LRDF, energy, and E-WOA methods in 8-story structures.

Average capacity of beams to columns	Minimum capacity of beams to columns	Maximum capacity of beams to columns	Average stress ratio	Minimum stress ratio	Maximum stress ratio		Design methods
0.8669	0.6357	0.9664	0.7243	0.5541	0.9398	Beams	LRFD
			0.7006	0.3723	0.9346	Columns
0.8492	0.3757	1. 0	0.7655	0.5634	0.9722	Beams	Energy
			0.6882	0.3155	1.011	Columns