Basically for any structures subjected to cyclical loading , structures made of steel is always preferred than RCC.

For cyclic loading, you should use kinematic hardening model for steel part. As it take care of bauschinger effect.

http://inside.mines.edu/~apetrell/ENME442/Labs/1301_ENME442_lab7.pdf

http://innomet.ttu.ee/martin/mer0070/wb/ws11/ws5a_belleville/mech_anl_14.0_l02-adv-plasticity.pdf

Hello Fatima,

Could you tell me which programs do you use? 

TNO Diana.

For steel frame, I used von mises yield criteria with no hardening. But it do not shows perfectly plastic behavior. I have attached the pictures for the reference (the blue  curve is the result from the software and the black curve (I assume) to be the expected result shape only)

reference images

Hello Fatima,

You can use loading and unloading paths of a bilinear kinematic model with strain hardening. You can read more about these material models if you search for the textbook "Plasticity for Structural Engineers" by Wai-Fah Chen, D. J. Han