## 4 Evaluating the Seismic Response of Structures
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c} \hline \hline \multirow{2}{*}{**Story**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Near Field**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Inter-Story Drift Ratio**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**F-S/Non**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Displacement\({}_{\text{Ave}}\) (m)**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**F-S/Non F-S**} \\  & & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**(Max)\({}_{\text{Ave}}\)**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**F-S**} & & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**F-S**} \\ \hline  & F-S & 0.03 & & 0.23 & & \\
3 & (fling-step) & & 0.75 & & 0.68 \\  & Non-F-S & 0.04 & & 0.34 & & \\  & (Non-fling-step) & & 0.8 & 0.47 & & \\
5 & F-S & 0.05 & 0.8 & 0.53 & 0.89 \\  & F-S & 0.03 & & 0.58 & & \\
8 & Non-F-S & 0.04 & 0.75 & & 0.63 & 0.92 \\  & & **Axial Force\({}_{\text{Ave}}\) (kN)** & & & **Moment\({}_{\text{Ave}}\) (kN-m)** & \\  & F-S & 500.8 & 0.78 & & 552.7 & 0.83 \\
3 & Non-F-S & 638.26 & & 663.72 & & \\
5 & F-S & 1173.5 & & 1078.2 & & \\
5 & Non-F-S & 1427.43 & 0.82 & & 1210.37 & 0.89 \\  & F-S & 2250.9 & & & 1376.1 & \\
8 & Non-F-S & 2618.67 & 0.86 & & 1734.04 & 0.79 \\  & & **Acceleration\({}_{\text{Ave}}\) (m/s\({}^{2}\))** & & & **Velocity\({}_{\text{Ave}}\) (m/s)** & \\  & F-S & 17.76 & & 1.42 & & \\
3 & Non-F-S & 27.28 & 0.65 & & 2.56 & 0.55 \\  & F-S & 18.57 & & 2.06 & & \\
5 & Non-F-S & 26.84 & & & 2.75 & 0.75 \\
8 & F-S & 20.48 & & & 2.39 & \\
8 & Non-F-S & 25.46 & & 0.8 & 2.68 & 0.89 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
\end{table} 
Table 5: Comparison of the average of seismic response parameters of the studied frames under the simultaneous effects of the horizontal and vertical constituents of near-field earthquakes with fling-step and non-fling-step records. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline  & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Max Inter-Story**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Max Displacement**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Max Acceleration**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Max Velocity (m/s)**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Max Velocity (m/s)**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Max**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Max**} \\
**No.** & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Drift Ratio**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**(m)**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**(m/s\({}^{2}\))**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Max Velocity (m/s)**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Column Axial Force**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Story shear (kN)**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Monent Force**} \\ \cline{2-19}
**Story** & **FF** & **NF** & **Ratio** & **FF** & **NF** & **Ratio** & **FF** & **NF** & **Ratio** & **FF** & **NF** & **Ratio** & **FF** & **NF** & **Ratio** & **FF** & **NF** & **Ratio** \\ \hline
**3** & 0.01 & 0.03 & 3 & 0.10 & 0.28 & 2.80 & 10.86 & 28.41 & 2.62 & 0.90 & 1.56 & 1.73 & 294.43 & 580.12 & 1.97 & 2777.89 & 3347.99 & 1.21 & 265.49 & 6147.21 & 2.32 \\
**5** & 0.01 & 0.06 & 6 & 0.14 & 0.82 & 5.86 & 12.65 & 19.53 & 1.54 & 1.18 & 2.51 & 2.13 & 712.57 & 147,438.007 & 6183.12 & 8786.29 & 1.42 & 522.48 & 1578.54 & 3.02 \\
**8** & 0.01 & 0.06 & 6 & 0.21 & 1.15 & 5.48 & 12.08 & 23.20 & 1.92 & 1.40 & 3.56 & 2.54 & 1579.56 & 299,140.48 & 17,242.73 & 608.33 & 37 & 798.33 & 205.15 & 2.89 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
\end{table} 
Table 7: Comparison of the maximum means of the inter-story drift ratio, horizontal displacement, acceleration and velocity in studied frames subjected to just the horizontal component of far- and near-field earthquakes with fling-step earthquake. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline  & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Near Field**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Near Field**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Max**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Max**} \\ \cline{2-19}
**No. ** & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Inter-Story Drift**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Max**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Max**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Max**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Max**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Max**} \\
**No. ** & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Inter-Story Drift**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Displacement (m)**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Acceleration (m/s\({}^{2}\))**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Velocity (m/s)**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Column Axial Force**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Story Shear**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Monent Force**} \\
**Story** & **Ratio**