An optimized procedure for seismic design of torsionally unbalanced structures

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 737-757

  Duan, X N ^a   Chandler, A M ^b  

^a ARUP   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Limit state design; Optimization; Torsion

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; SEISMIC DESIGN; TORSION;

BUILDING CODES; DYNAMIC LOADS; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURAL MEMBERS; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); TORSIONAL STRESS;

DESIGN ECCENTRICITY EXPRESSION; OVERSTRENGTH FACTOR EQUATION; SEISMIC DESIGN; SERVICEABILITY; ULTIMATE LIMIT STATE;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 0030615942     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9845(199707)26:7<737::AID-EQE673>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Commission of the European Communities, 'Eurocode 8: Design for structures in seismic regions, Part 1, General and Building', Report EUR12266EN. Brussels, 1993.
2. Associate Committee on the National Building Code, 'National Building Code of Canada', National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, 1995.
3. International Conference of building Officials, 'Uniform Building Code', Whittier, California, 1994.
4. Standards Association of New Zealand, 'Code of Practice for General Structural Design and Design Loadings for Buildings: NZS:4203', Wellington, New Zealand, 1992.
5. Standards Australia, 'Australian Standard AS1170.4: Minimum Design Load on Structures, Part 4: Earthquake Loads', Sydney, New South Wales, 1993.
6. A. M. Chandler and X. N. Duan, 'Performance of asymmetric code-designed buildings for serviceability and ultimate limit states', Earthquake Engng. Struct. Dyn., 26, 717-735 (1997).
7. M. De Stefano, G. Faella and R. Ramasco, 'Inelastic response and design criteria of plan-wise asymmetric systems', Earthquake Engng. Struct. Dyn., 22, 245-259 (1993).
8. R. K. Goel and A. K. Chopra, 'Dual-level approach for seismic design of asymmetric plan buildings', J. struct. eng. ASCE 120, 161-179 (1994).
9. A. K. Mittal and A. K. Jain, 'Effective strength eccentricity concept for inelastic analysis of asymmetric structures', Earthquake Engng. Struct. Dyn., 24, 69-84 (1995).
10. Building Centre of Japan (BCJ), 'BCJ 1991: The Seismic Code: Guidelines for Structural Calculations', partial English translation contained in IAEE 1992 Earthquake Resistant Regulations: A World List, International Association for Earthquake Engineering, Tokyo, 1992.
11. Ministry of Construction of the People's Republic of China, 'Earthquake Resistant Design Code for Buildings, State Standard GBJ11-89 of the People's Republic of China', China Construction Industry Press, Beijing, China, 1989.
12. R. Hejal and A. K. Chopra, 'Earthquake analysis of a class of torsionally-coupled buildings', Earthquake Engng. Struct. Dyn., 18, 305-323 (1989).
13. J. C. De La Liera and A. K. Chopra, 'Estimation of accidental torsion effects for seismic design of buildings', J. struct. eng. ASCE 121, 102-114 (1995).
14. J. C. Correnza, G. L. Hutchinson and A. M. Chandler, 'Effect of transverse load-resisting elements on inelastic earthquake response of asymmetric-plan buildings', Earthquake Engng. Struct. Dyn., 23, 75-89 (1994).
15. J. C. De La Liera and A. K. Chopra, 'Inelastic behavior of asymmetric multistorey buildings', J. struct. eng. ASCE 122, 597-606 (1996).
16. R. K. Goel and A. K. Chopra, 'Inelastic seismic response of one-storey, asymmetric-plan systems: effects of stiffness and strength distribution', Earthquake Engng. Struct. Dyn., 19, 949-970 (1990).
17. W. K. Tso and H. Ying, 'Lateral strength distribution specification to limit additional inelastic deformation of torsionally unbalanced structures', Eng. struct. 14, 263-277 (1992).