Seismic Performance of Steel Frames with Semirigid Connections

Table 1

Structural performance of frame with semirigid and rigid connections [21].

Component number	Component type	Rigid-frame	Semirigid frame
1	Column	W24 68	W21 73
2	Column	W21 73	W21 73
3	Column	W18 40	W6 15
4	Column	W21 50	W24 68
5	Column	W16 36	W18 35
6	Column	W12 40	W18 35
7	Beam	W18 35	W16 26
Total weight (kg)		4574.00	3938.10
Top storey displacement (cm)		0.96	1.20
Maximum interstorey drift		0.48	0.52