Strain Rate Effect on the Progressive Collapse Analysis of RC Frame Structure under Earthquake

Table 4

Collapse-resistant capacity of the RC structure subjected to unidirectional excitation.

Earthquake wave	Input along X direction		Input along Y direction
	Considering strain rate effect	Without considering strain rate effect	Considering strain rate effect	Without considering strain rate effect
El Centro (1940)	8.0 m/s^2	7.0 m/s^2	8.5 m/s^2	7.5 m/s^2
Taft (1952)	6.5 m/s^2	5.5 m/s^2	6.5 m/s^2	5.5 m/s^2
Tianjin (1976)	3.5 m/s^2	3.0 m/s^2	3.5 m/s^2	3.0 m/s^2