State-of-the-art review of seismic design of steel moment resisting frames Part II~+: Strength and Drift criteria

摘要

This part of the paper presents a comprehensive state-of-the-art review of seismic design provisions related to strength and drift criteria as given in American and Indian codes. The necessity of the different strength provisions in various design methods available in the American codes is discussed. A discussion on the stability provisions has already been presented in Part I of this paper.1 This part draws a parallel of the available Indian provisions with those of the American codes, in respect of strength and drift criteria to study their range of applicability.