Preliminary results and conclusions from the PRESSS five-story precast concrete test building

PCI Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 42-67

  Priestley, M J Nigel ^a   Sritharan, S Sri ^a   Conley, James R ^a   Pampanin, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; DUCTILITY; DYNAMIC LOADS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; SHEAR WALLS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

DISPLACEMENT-BASED DESIGN (DBD) METHOD; DRIFT LEVELS; PRECAST SEISMIC STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS (PRESSS);

PRECAST CONCRETE;

EID: 0033308402     PISSN: 08879672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15554/pcij.11011999.42.67     Document Type: Article

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