In the United States, seismic design standards are crucial in classifying buildings into Risk Categories I to IV. These categories are based on the buildings' occupancy type and the potential risk they pose to public safety, the protection of human life, and the socioeconomic consequences of structural collapse in the event of an earthquake. As the risk category increases, a higher seismic importance factor and more stringent drift limits are imposed on the respective building. This results in enhanced lateral strength and stiffness of the seismic force-resisting system. This study, which compares the seismic demands of special moment frame buildings assigned to high-risk categories, focusing on static system overstrength, ductility, and collapse risk, provides practical insights for structural engineers and architects. For this purpose, nonlinear static and dynamic analyses are performed to quantify the seismic demands of 18 steel frame buildings assigned to Risk Categories II, III, and IV. The findings indicate that buildings in Risk Category II do not meet the target collapse risk of 1% in 50 years, as specified in ASCE/SEI 7. For buildings in higher risk categories, the equivalent lateral force method for estimating seismic base shear is deemed more effective in ensuring adequate seismic performance.

While the subduction zone earthquakes have long ground motion durations, the effects are also not covered in seismic design provisions. Additionally, the collapse risk of steel frame buildings subjected to long-duration ground motions from subduction earthquakes remains poorly understood. This paper presents the influence of ground motion duration on the collapse risk of steel frame buildings with special concentrically braced frames in chevron configurations. The steel buildings considered in this paper are designed at a site in Seattle, Washington, according to the requirements of modern seismic design provisions in the United States. For this purpose, the nonlinear dynamic analyses employ two sets of spectrally equivalent long and short-duration ground motions. Based on the use of high-fidelity structural models accounting for both geometric and material nonlinearities, the estimated collapse capacity for the modern code-compliant steel frame buildings is, on average, approximately 1.47 times the smaller value when considering long-duration ground motion record, compared to the short-duration counterpart. Due to the sensitivity to destabilizing P-Delta effects of gravity loads, the influence of ground motion duration on collapse risk is more profound for medium-to-high-rise steel frame buildings compared to the low-rise counterparts.

현행 내진설계기준에서 RBS-B 접합부는 오직 중간모켄트골조(IMF) 시스템에서만 사용이 허용된다. 본 연구는 현행설계규준에 따라 설계한 RBS-B 접합부를 갖는 철골 모멘트골조 시스템의 내진성능평가를 수행하였다. 이를 위하여 층수(3층, 6층, 9층), 경간너비(6m, 9m), 내진설계범주(SDC C_{max}, SDC C_{min})으로 구성된 12개의 RBS-B접합부를 갖는 철골모멘트골조 건물을 설계하였고 RBS-B 접합부의 비선형 이력거동을 잘 모사하는 접합부 모델을 개발하였다. 설계된 대상골조는 ATC-63에 의해 개발된 내진성능평가방법에 따라 내진성능평가를 수행하였다. 또한 본 연구는 저자가 이전연구에서 제안한 새로운 설계법에 따라 설계된 IMF 시스템의 내진성능평가를 수행하였다. 그 결과 현행규준에 따라 설계한 몇 개의 대상골조가 적절한 붕괴여유비를 보유하지 못하였다. 반면에 새로운 설계절차에 따라 설계된 대상골조는 적절한 붕괴여유비를 보유하였다.