
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Performance-based plastic design of earthquake resistant tall building frames
W.-C. Liao
National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
M.R. Bayat
Englekirk & Sabol Structural Engineers, Los Angeles, California, USA
S.C. Goel
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
ABSTRACT: Seismic design of tall building frames poses special problems because of factors such as, partici-
pation of higher modes, P-Delta effects,column design, etc. Current code practice does not yield very satisfactory
designs. ...