Convex model for seismic design of structures - I: Analysis

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 927-944

  Pantelides, C P ^a   Tzan, S R ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Convex model; Global energy bound; Reduction factor; Seismic excitation; Spectrum; Structures

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; EARTHQUAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CONVEX MODEL; EXCITATION SPECIFIC REDUCTION FACTORS; GLOBAL ENERGY BOUND; REDUCTION FACTOR; REGIONAL EARTHQUAKE SPECTRA; SEISMIC EXCITATIONS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 0030239952     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9845(199609)25:9<927::AID-EQE594>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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