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Seismic Behaviour of Steel Wide-Flange Columns in Ductile Moment-Resisting Frames Considering Base Plate Flexibility

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Proceedings of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2022 (CSCE 2022)

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This paper aims to examine the seismic behaviour of steel wide-flange columns in steel ductile moment-resisting frames considering the deformations of the base plate and anchor rods. A prototype MRF is first designed in accordance with the Canadian steel design standard (CSA S16-19) seismic provisions. A continuum finite element model of the interior first-storey column isolated from the prototype frame is then developed together with the base footing and connection. The flexibility of the adjoining beams at the top end of the column is also considered in the numerical model. The capability of the model components in reproducing the cyclic response of the wide-flange column and its base conditions are then calibrated against available experimental test data. Special attention is placed on the cyclic response of the anchor rods and base plate. The seismic response of the columns of the prototype frame is finally examined using the corroborating finite element model under realistic seismic demands obtained from the two-dimensional concentrated plasticity-based numerical model of the frame subjected to representative earthquake ground motions. The results from the finite element analyses confirm that base flexibility can influence the inelastic cyclic response and the stability of first-storey MRF columns. Furthermore, the proposed numerical modelling technique can be used in future studies to properly simulate the inelastic seismic response of the column base plate, anchor rods, and footing for the purpose of MRF response evaluation.

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Financial support provided by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada and the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC) is acknowledged.

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  1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Omid Moammer & Ali Imanpour

  2. Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Robert Tremblay

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  2. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada

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  3. Department of Earthquake Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

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  4. The University of British Columbia-Okanagan Campus, Kelowna, BC, Canada

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  6. Environmental Engineering Program, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, Canada

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Moammer, O., Imanpour, A., Tremblay, R. (2023). Seismic Behaviour of Steel Wide-Flange Columns in Ductile Moment-Resisting Frames Considering Base Plate Flexibility. In: Gupta, R., et al. Proceedings of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2022. CSCE 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 348. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34159-5_17

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