Research Article

A Relative Reliability Approach for Direct Displacement-Based Seismic Design of Partially Prestressed Reinforced Concrete Frame Structures

Table 2

Base shear comparison between force-based design and DDBD.

Number of framesBase shear from FBD (kN)Base shear from DDBD (kN)Base shear (FBD)/base shear (DDBD) Error

YKJ-1383.632310.681.23−19.02%
YKJ-2897.37780.511.15−13.02%
YKJ-3666.58684.590.972.70%
YKJ-4342.81290.311.18−15.31%
YKJ-5464.48363.241.28−21.80%
YKJ-61031.15891.581.16−13.54%
YKJ-7544.64441.41.23−18.96%
YKJ-81188.89983.031.21−17.32%
YKJ-9834.33676.51.23−18.92%
YKJ-101782.511482.731.20−16.82%
YKJ-11693.87545.571.27−21.37%
YKJ-121549.931394.741.11−10.01%
YKJ-13561.615419.651.34−25.28%
YKJ-141315.351132.171.16−13.93%
YKJ-15493.85404.591.22−18.07%
YKJ-161013.831034.080.982.00%
YKJ-17486.19402.471.21−17.22%
YKJ-181136.12985.241.15−13.28%
YKJ-19690.2566.921.22−17.86%
YKJ-201506.341239.111.22−17.74%
YKJ-211057.1863.321.22−18.33%
YKJ-222258.441850.161.22−18.08%
YKJ-23711.57542.731.31−23.73%
YKJ-241666.551409.731.18−15.41%
Mean1.20−15.85%

Note: error = (base shear from DDBD − base shear from FBD)/base shear from DDBD.