For the seismic design of a mid-rise reinforced concrete (RC) building considering the damage control, the main purpose of this work is to propose a simplified method that can be used to estimate the damage index or damage state induced by the near-fault and far-fault earthquakes. In addition to the maximum deformation response, the hysteretic energy dissipation induced the earthquakes is also considered in the damage index quantification based on the modified equivalent linearization method (MELM). Based on the damage index model in terms of the maximum deformation response and hysteretic energy dissipation under an earthquake, this work provides a convenient method by which an engineer can determine the damage-controlling minimal ductility requirement to ensure that the damage index remains under a specified value. For a mid-rise RC building structure, an engineer can also apply the simplified formula proposed in this work to obtain the damage-controlling yielding strength for a specified ductility capacity.

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中高层钢筋混凝土建筑改进等效线性化方法估计近远断层地震引起的地震损伤

对于考虑损伤控制的中层钢筋混凝土（RC）建筑的抗震设计，本工作的主要目的是提出一种可用于估计近断层引起的损伤指数或损伤状态的简化方法。和远断层地震。在基于改进等效线性化方法（MELM）的损伤指标量化中，除了最大变形响应外，还考虑了诱发地震的滞回能量耗散。基于地震下最大变形响应和滞回能量耗散的损伤指数模型，该工作为工程师确定损伤控制的最小延性要求提供了一种方便的方法，以确保损伤指数保持在规定的范围内。价值。