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Inclusion of P–Δ effect in displacement-based seismic design of steel moment resisting frames

✍ Scribed by Aristidis V. Asimakopoulos; Dimitris L. Karabalis; Dimitri E. Beskos


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
218 KB
Volume
36
Category
Article
ISSN
0098-8847

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Abstract

A procedure for treating the P
Δ effect in the direct displacement‐based seismic design of regular steel moment resisting frames with ideal elastoplastic material behaviour is proposed. A simple formula for the yield displacement amplification factor as a function of ductility and the stability coefficient is derived on the basis of the seismic response of an inelastic single degree‐of‐freedom system taking into account the P
Δ effect. Extensive parametric seismic inelastic analyses of plane moment resisting steel frames result in a simple formula for the dynamic stability coefficient as a function of the number of stories of a frame and the column to beam stiffness ratio. Thus, the P
Δ effect can be easily taken into account in a direct displacement‐based seismic design through the stability coefficient and the yield displacement amplification factor. A simple design example serves to illustrate the application of the proposed method and demonstrate its merits. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.