Development of a Displacement-Based Design Method for Steel Frame-RC Wall Buildings

A Displacement-Based Design (DBD) methodology for steel frame-RC wall structures has been proposed. The effectiveness of the methodology in limiting lateral displacements has been tested by designing a set of case studies. Their structural performance was investigated through nonlinear time-history analyses by using seven spectrum-compatible accelerograms. For the seismic intensity and modeling assumptions considered in this work, it is found that the proposed design methodology controls the lateral displacements of the buildings well.