Seismic response of reinforced concrete frames with strength and stiffness irregularities

ACI Structural Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 221-229

  Lu, Yong ^a   Tassios, T P ^a   Zhang, G F ^a   Vintzileou, Elizabeth ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Frames; Models; Reinforced concrete

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKES; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

DESIGNCODE PROVISIONS;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 0033102938     PISSN: 08893241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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