Effect of alternative load path design method on preventing progressive collapse and reducing the rehabilitation cost using FEMA-P58

Journal of Engineering and Applied Science

Table 14 Plastic hinges rotation results for dynamic models

No. of Floors	Performance Level	No. of Plastic Hinges That Reach Each Performance Level
		Case (A)			Case (B)
		Int	Ext	Cor	Int	Ext	Cor
6^th	A to IO	682	679	684	692	692	696
	IO to LS	14	17	12	4	4	0
	LS to CP	0	0	0	0	0	0
	> CP	0	0	0	0	0	0
9^th	A to IO	1014	1007	1022	1026	1026	1034
	IO to LS	30	37	22	18	18	10
	LS to CP	0	0	0	0	0	0
	> CP	0	0	0	0	0	0
12^th	A to IO	1328	1329	1361	1358	1358	1374
	IO to LS	64	63	31	34	34	18
	LS to CP	0	0	0	0	0	0
	> CP	0	0	0	0	0	0
15^th	A to IO	1666	1665	1701	1699	1681	1709
	IO to LS	74	75	39	39	57	29
	LS to CP	0	0	0	0	0	0
	> CP	0	0	0	0	0	0