Types of

Moment-Frame System
Steel
Structure Braced-Frame and Shear-Wall
System
Earthquake
Composite Moment-Frame
Resistant System

System Composite Braced-Frame and

Shear-Wall System
(AISC 341-10)
 Ordinary Moment Frames (OMF)
Moment-Frame System

Intermediate Moment Frames (IMF)

Special Moment Frames (SMF)

Special Truss Moment Frames (STMF)

Ordinary Cantilever Column System (OCCS)

Special Cantilever Column System (SCCS)

 Ordinary Concentrically Braced Frames (OCBF)
Shear-Wall System
Braced-Frame and

Special Concentrically Braced Frames (SCBF)

Eccentrically Braced Frames (EBF)

Buckling-Restrained Braced Frames (BRBF)

Special Plate Shear Walls (SPSW)

Composite Moment-Frame

Composite Ordinary Moment

Frames (C-OMF)

Composite Intermediate
Moment Frames (C-IMF)

Composite Special Moment

Frames (C-SMF)

Composite Partially Restrained

System

Moment Frames (C-PRMF)

 Composite Ordinary Composite Special
Composite Braced-Frame
and Shear-Wall System

Concentrically Braced Concentrically Braced

Frames (C-OCBF) Frames (C-SCBF)

Composite Composite Ordinary

Eccentrically Braced Shear Walls
Frames (C-EBF) (C-OSW)

Composite Special Composite Plate Shear

Shear Walls Walls
(C-SSW) (C-PSW)
Expected Material 
Strength
Expected yield stress = RyFy
Expected tensile strength = RtFu
OMF
IMF
SMF
SMF
Moment Frames
• Ordinary Moment Frames (OMF)
• Intermediate Moment Frames (IMF)
• Special Moment Frames (SMF)

https://www.masterbuilder.co.in/seismic‐design‐steel‐
moment‐frames/
 Special Truss Moment Frames (STMF)

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0143974X10002646
Cantilever Column System
• Ordinary Cantilever Column System (OCCS)
• Special Cantilever Column System (OCCS)
 Concentrically Braced Frames

• Ordinary Concentrically Braced Frames (OCBF)

• Special Concentrically Braced Frames (SCBF)

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Centric‐Steel‐Braced‐Frames‐with‐High‐Ductility_fig1_316922724
 Eccentrically Braced Frames (EBF)

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Eccentrically‐Braced‐Frame‐Configurations_fig1_306346708
 Buckling-
Restrained
Braced
Frames
(BRBF)

http://www.starseismic.eu/BRBF_system http://www.bracewrap.com/
 Special
Plate
Shear
Walls
(SPSW)

https://www.structuremag.org/?p=5437
Composite Moment Frames
• Composite Ordinary Moment Frames (C-OMF)
• Composite Intermediate Moment Frames (C-IMF)
• Composite Special Moment Frames (C-SMF)
Composite Partially Restrained Moment
Frames (C-PRMF)
Composite Concentrically Braced Frames
• Composite Ordinary Concentrically Braced Frames (C-OCBF)
• Composite Special Concentrically Braced Frames (C-SCBF)
Composite Eccentrically Braced Frames (C-
EBF)
Composite Shear Walls
• Composite Ordinary Shear Walls (C-OSW)
• Composite Special Shear Walls (C-SSW)
• Composite Plate Shear Walls (C-PSW)
Reduce
Beam
Section
(RBS)
Bolted Unstiffened and Stiffened
Extended End-Plate Moment Connections
Bolted Flange Plate (BFP)
Welded Unreinforced Flange-Welded
Web (WUF-W)
Kaiser Bolted Bracket (KBB)
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