INVESTIGATION OF SEISMIC BEHAVIOR FACTORS FOR REINFORCED CONCRETE SPECIAL MOMENT-RESISTING FRAMES BASED ON IRANIAN SEISMIC CODE (STANDARD № 2800) AND COMPARISON WITH ASCE CODE OF ETHICS
Many seismic design codes utilize behavior factors to reduce the level of elastic force to the desired force level in the design. This paper calculates seismic design factors for reinforced concrete moment-resisting frames using responses obtained from dynamic analyses using scaled real earthquake records. The main factors studied herein are the response behavior factor, displacement amplification factor, and overstrength factor. Besides, the abovementioned factors are compared with their corresponding values listed in the ASCE Code of ethics. To examine the above factors, four different buildings in ETABS were modeled according to the Iranian seismic code (standard № 2800) using the response spectrum method.