Study of inelastic behaviour steel structure of special moment frame (SMF) and eccentrically braced frame (EBF) with pushover analysis

Abstract

High rise buildings should be made as sufficient seismic performance, so it won’t immediately collapse when an earthquake occurs. Therefore, lateral strengthened stories are required in high rise buildings to enhance the lateral rigidity of structure. The use of lateral strengthening has a great effect on the entire seismic performance. A 20-stories high rise steel structure building was evaluated on this research comparing the structures’ inelastic behaviour using two seismic force-resisting system, i.e., special moment frame and eccentrically braced frame. The analysis of inelastic behaviour in this research using static non-linear analysis, i.e., pushover analysis. By using pushover analysis, the inelastic behaviour of structures, including story drift, shear story, displacement, plastic joint formation, and ductility, were obtained. In the elastic condition, the shear story of the eccentrically braced frame system is smaller than the special moment frame system. While in plastic condition, the shear story of the eccentrically braced frame system is larger than the special moment frame system. The story drift and the displacement of the special moment frame system are indicated to be larger than the eccentrically braced frame system. These results show that the eccentrically braced frame system has better rigidity than the special moment frame system.