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Fragility Assessment of Pre-Northridge Steel Moment Frames Using Finite-Length Plastic Hinge Elements and Concentrated Plasticity Fracture Elements
Although pre-Northridge earthquake steel moment resisting frame buildings have been shown to be susceptible to brittle connection failures, they still represent a large fraction of the existing steel buildings in the United States of America. In this study the performance of the 3- and 9-story Los A...
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Published in: | Computer modeling in engineering & sciences 2019-01, Vol.120 (3), p.657-676 |
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Main Authors: | , , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | Although pre-Northridge earthquake steel moment resisting frame buildings have been shown to be susceptible to brittle connection failures, they still represent a large fraction of the existing steel buildings in the United States of America. In this study the performance of the 3-
and 9-story Los Angeles pre-Northridge SAC buildings are analyzed considering ductile and brittle beam-column connection failures, and their uncertainty. This paper contributes to understanding the influence of uncertainty associated with connections brittle fracture on building interstory
deformation capacity and its impact on bias and variability of fragility functions and loss assessment. The results show that considering brittle connection leads to significantly larger drift demands and to higher repairs costs, particularly under intense ground shaking. New fragility curve
parameters are derived that account for the effect of the uncertainty of the strength and deformation capacity of brittle connections. |
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ISSN: | 1526-1492 1526-1506 1526-1506 |
DOI: | 10.32604/cmes.2019.06296 |