In order to study seismic design process of RC (reinforced concrete) column components considering the effect of earthquake duration, the degradation law of capacity under random amplitude hysteresis history was conducted by the research group, and the estimation method for the energy dissipation capacity of RC column components was suggested. Furthermore, the correlation between the stiffness decay index and energy dissipation capacity, hysteresis histories, and structural parameters was proposed, and the performance classification criteria based on the stiffness decay index was established. ...