In performance-based design methods, it is clear that the evaluation of the nonlinear response is required. Some codes proposed the capacity spectrum method(CSM) based on the nonlinear static analysis to determine earthquake induced demand given the s...
In performance-based design methods, it is clear that the evaluation of the nonlinear response is required. Some codes proposed the capacity spectrum method(CSM) based on the nonlinear static analysis to determine earthquake induced demand given the structure pushover curve. This procedure is conceptually simple but iterative and time consuming with some errors. The nonlinear direct spectrum method(NDSM) is proposed and studied to evaluate nonlinear response of structures, without iterative computations, given by the structural linear vibration period and yield strength from the pushover analysis, especially for shear buildings system. The purpose of this paper is to compare accuracy of approximate nonlinear methods with respect to various structure characteristics.