An investigation on the effect of the near-fault earthquakes on the seismic behavior of RC Moment Resisting Frames (MRFs) designed based on Iranian seismic code (standard no. 2800)

Mojtaba Harati, Ahmad Hojjati, Ataalh Modaraei

Past severe earthquakes, such as Bam earthquake of 2003 and Tabas earthquake of 1978, have demonstrated that many cities in Iran are prone to be struck by near-fault earthquakes. S…