Research Article

Seismic Response of 3D Steel Buildings considering the Effect of PR Connections and Gravity Frames

Table 3

Statistics of the ratio (M) of moments on gravity columns and the reference moment, Model 1.

BehaviorStoryGRAV 1GRAV 2GRAV 3
N-SE-WN-SE-WN-SE-W
μσδμσδμσδμσδμσδμσδ

Elastic10.710.120.170.840.270.320.650.110.170.760.270.360.710.120.170.740.270.36
21.070.200.191.240.400.321.080.220.201.170.410.350.970.220.231.040.400.38
31.090.200.181.340.390.291.150.240.211.130.420.371.170.250.211.140.390.34

Inelastic10.750.120.160.870.300.340.940.110.120.870.290.330.780.120.150.970.300.31
21.170.200.171.390.350.251.380.220.161.280.360.281.380.220.161.390.350.25
31.190.200.171.490.350.231.280.240.191.380.390.281.480.250.171.490.350.23