This folder contains ready-to-run 2-dimensional OpenSEES models of four archetype steel buildings designed with perimeter special concentrically-braced frames (SCBFs), with heights of 3, 6, 12 and 16-story

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• 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.

• Hwang, S. H., and Lignos, D. G. (2017). "Effect of modeling assumptions on the earthquake-induced losses and collapse risk of steel-frame buildings with special concentrically braced frames." Journal of Structural Engineering, 143(9), 04017116, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0001851.