Original citation:Tzimas, Angelos S., Dimopoulos, Athanasios I. and Karavasilis, Theodore L.. (2015) EC8-based seismic design and assessment of self-centering post-tensioned steel frames with viscous dampers. Copies of full items can be used for personal research or study, educational, or not-forprofit purposes without prior permission or charge. Provided that the authors, title and full bibliographic details are credited, a hyperlink and/or URL is given for the original metadata page and the content is not changed in any way. ABSTRACTThis paper focuses on seismic design and assessment of steel self-centering moment-resisting frames (SC-MRFs) with viscous dampers within the framework of Eurocode 8 (EC8). Performance levels are defined with respect to drifts, residual drifts and limit states in the post-tensioned (PT) connections. A preliminary pushover analysis is conducted at the early phase of the design process to estimate rotations and axial forces in post-tensioned (PT) connections instead of using approximate formulae. Different designs of an SC-MRF with viscous dampers are considered to investigate all possible scenarios, i.e. use of dampers to achieve drifts significantly lower than the EC8 drift limit; to significantly reduce steel weight without exceeding the EC8 drift limit; or to reduce steel weight and achieve drifts lower than the EC8 drift limit. Nonlinear dynamic analyses using models capable of simulating all structural limit states up to collapse confirm the minimal-damage performance of the SCMRFs. It is shown that the use of the preliminary pushover analysis makes the design procedure very accurate in predicting structural and non-structural limit states. Supplemental damping along with strict design criteria for the post-tensioned connections are found to significantly improve the seismic performance of the SC-MRFs. Moreover, the paper shows that SC-MRFs with viscous dampers have superior collapse resistance compared to conventional steel MRFs even when the SC-MRF is significantly lighter than the conventional MRF.

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Summary The potential of post‐tensioned self‐centering moment‐resisting frames (SC‐MRFs) and viscous dampers to reduce the economic seismic losses in steel buildings is evaluated. The evaluation is based on a prototype steel building designed using four different seismic‐resistant frames: (i) conventional moment resisting frames (MRFs); (ii) MRFs with viscous dampers; (iii) SC‐MRFs; or (iv) SC‐MRFs with viscous dampers. All frames are designed according to Eurocode 8 and have the same column/beam cross sections and similar periods of vibration. Viscous dampers are designed to reduce the peak story drift under the design basis earthquake (DBE) from 1.8% to 1.2%. Losses are estimated by developing vulnerability functions according to the FEMA P‐58 methodology, which considers uncertainties in earthquake ground motion, structural response, and repair costs. Both the probability of collapse and the probability of demolition because of excessive residual story drifts are taken into account. Incremental dynamic analyses are conducted using models capable to simulate all limit states up to collapse. A parametric study on the effect of the residual story drift threshold beyond which is less expensive to rebuild a structure than to repair is also conducted. It is shown that viscous dampers are more effective than post‐tensioning for seismic intensities equal or lower than the maximum considered earthquake (MCE). Post‐tensioning is effective in reducing repair costs only for seismic intensities higher than the DBE. The paper also highlights the effectiveness of combining post‐tensioning and supplemental viscous damping by showing that the SC‐MRF with viscous dampers achieves significant repair cost reductions compared to the conventional MRF. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.