Abstract

In this paper, the seismic design parameters of steel special truss moment frames (STMFs), including the response modification factor (R), over-strength factor (Ω) and displacement modification factor (Cd) are evaluated for two performance levels, namely life safety (LS) and collapse prevention (CP). The effects of geometrical dimensions of the special segment located at the middle part of truss girder and the number of stories are investigated. Twelve steel STMFs with 3, 5, 7, and 9 stories with three bays are considered to evaluate the parameters. In addition, three special segment lengths are considered for each STMF. The truss-girder members are made of hollow structural sections (HSSs) and W-sections are used for columns, which are designed based on ASCE7-16 recommendations. The results show that the number of stories and the different special segment lengths affect the seismic parameters significantly. Moreover, the values obtained for R, Ω and Cd show some differences compared to the ones recommended by ASCE7-16.

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