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

Table 7

Results of the analyses of LRDF, energy, and E-WOA methods in 16-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
0.5278	0.01	0.9039	0.7703	0.5321	0.9438	Beams	LRFD
			0.6650	0.3234	0.9793	Columns
0.310	0.01	0.7412	0.8532	0.5126	1.018	Beams	Energy
			0.5619	0.2845	0.8175	Columns