Unified Simplified Capacity Model for Beam-Column Joints into RC Moment Resisting Frame

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The manuscript can be accepted after correcting some errors as follows:

1. What are the colors blue, red, black, ... in the pictures 1-2 show, the manuscript needs to be clarified

2. What is the angle symbol in the formulas (2-7), the manuscript needs more explanation.

3. The manuscript needs more explanation of the alpha symbol in the formulas (11-14)

4. Section 3.2: The manuscript needs a specific model drawing to better explain the Failure modes

5. The image quality of Figures 3-9 is very low, it is recommended that the authors redraw it to show more clearly, ensuring the quality of the ISI journal.

6. Why do the max, min values of Tau in the last columns in tables 2-3 do not match the names max, min. The manuscript needs more clarification on these points.

7. The manuscript needs to cite the following articles:

- https://doi.org/10.1177/1099636219849268 

- https://doi.org/10.1177/0954406220964522 

- https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/2836763  

- DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-7149-2_3 

 

Author Response

The authors thank the reviewer for the comments. Authors improved the manuscript according to all the suggestions. Please see the attachment, column 2

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Reviewer 2 Report

Notes in the attachment

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Author Response

The authors thank the reviewer for the comments. Authors improved the manuscript according to all the suggestions. Please see the attachment, column 2

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Round 2

Reviewer 2 Report

Incompatibility of the units on both sides of the equations (17)-(19) !! - it was not clarified

The difference between θ and ϑ was not clarified in the figure 1 and 2 and new figure 3.

Author Response

The authors are sorry to have not provided a clear revision according to the reviewer comments. Authors further improved the manuscript according to all the suggestions. Please see the attachment, column 2

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf