Capacity Assessment of Rectangular Concrete -Filled Steel Tube (RCFT) Members and Connections for Performance -Based Design of Composite Frames

This paper presents research documenting the local damage progression in rectangular concrete -filled steel tube beam -columns and connections in composite frames. Local damage is quantified through the development of damage indices based upon r esults of worldwide experiments. A fiber -based finite element formulation is also introduced for assessing global capacity and seismic demand .