A comparison of the present SEAOC/UBC torsional provisions with the old ones

Engineering Structures

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 655-664

  De Stefano, M ^a   Rutenberg, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Asymmetric structures; Earthquake resistant design; Nonlinear response; Seismic codes

Indexed keywords

DUCTILITY; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

BUILDING CODE TORSIONAL PROVISIONS; SEISMIC CODES;

BUILDING CODES;

EID: 0031211855     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0296(96)00142-3     Document Type: Article

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