Evaluation of seismic capacity and response according to the nonlinear modeling approach of members in steel moment frames

In this paper, the aim is to evaluate the seismic behavior of steel momment frames by nonlinear static analysis and incremental dynamic analysis. In this regard, 5 and 10 story frames in both intermediate and special ductility have been used. Since the type of sections and elements used in modeling are among the parameters that affect the behavior of the structure, in this study, which was performed using Opensees software, fiber sections were used for two types of beam elements. Non-linear column (distributed plasticity) and articulated beam element (concentrated plasticity) are used. The results of the analysis show that the ratio of the collapse capacity of the frames to each other varies between 1% to 6%. On the other hand, by deepening the research on one of the frames, it was shown that the stiffness ratio between the end springs and the middle member will affect the difference between the collapse capacity shown in the analysis.