The design procedures for dissipative steel beam-to-column joints in seismic loaded frames
lack reliable models for predicting their behaviour under cyclic conditions because the
extensively used component method (CM) allows accurate prediction of only their monotonic
behaviour. This paper proposes an extension of the method to include cyclic behaviour and
presents the stepwise development and implementation of the cyclic component method
(CCM). The objective is to validate the method for use in a wide variety of joint configurations …