The New Criterion on Performance Based Seismic Design With Application to High-Rise Building

Abstract

“Performance-based design (PBD)” is based on designing a structure with choosing a performance target under design criteria to increase the structure’s resistance against earthquake effect. Plastic hinge formation is a critical aspect of nonlinear analysis in finite element modeling, serving to identify structural vulnerabilities susceptible to substantial damage. Augmenting the quantity of plastic hinges within a structure correspondingly amplifies its overall horizontal load-bearing capacity. Theoretically, when the number of plastic hinges within a plane frame structure attains “the degree of hyperstaticity plus one,” the structure reaches its pinnacle capacity for enduring horizontal loads. As the number of plastic hinges approaches the theoretical plastic hinge number (TPHN), the structure’s total horizontal load-bearing capacity escalates proportionally. In the previous studies of the authors, the features of examining the new performance criteria were revealed and it was formulated as follows “Increase the total number of plastic hinges to be formed in the structure to the number of theoretical plastic hinges as much as possible and keep the structure below its targeted performance with related codes”. This new performance criterion demonstrates that the total lateral load capacity of a building exceeds that obtained through the conventional PBD method. The study presents PBD analysis outcomes for structures featuring high-rise frame carrier systems, aligned with ASCE 41-13 guidelines. Findings indicate that employing this novel performance criterion enhances the load capacity of structures utilizing high-rise frame carrier systems, compared to the results obtained through conventional PBD analysis as per ASCE 41–13. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025.