This folder contains ready-to-run 2-dimensional OpenSEES models of five archetype steel buildings designed with perimeter special moment frames (SMFs), with heights of 2, 4, 8, 12 and 20-story.
These models were developed back in 2019. There has been several updates since then including new hysteretic models and modeling guidelines for steel members and connections. To generate frame models with these updated modeling specifications, you should use the FM-2D software (https://github.com/amaelkady/FM-2D).
• Elkady, A., and Lignos, D. G. (2014). "Modeling of the composite action in fully restrained beam-to-column connections: implications in the seismic design and collapse capacity of steel special moment frames." Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 43(13), 1935-1954, DOI: 10.1002/eqe.2430.
• Elkady, A., and Lignos, D. G. (2015). "Effect of gravity framing on the overstrength and collapse capacity of steel frame buildings with perimeter special moment frames." Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 44(8), 1289–1307, DOI: 10.1002/eqe.2519.