Evaluation of the level of seismic protection afforded to reinforced concrete shear wall systems

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 572-589

  Stonehouse, Brian ^a   Heidebrecht, Arthur C ^b   Kianoush, M Reza ^c  

^a Yolles Partnership Inc   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coupling beams; Design; Dynamic; Inelastic; Performance; Reinforced concrete; Seismic; Shear walls

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; DEFORMATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; ELASTICITY; SHEAR WALLS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

COUPLING BEAMS; SEISMIC PROTECTION;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

CONCRETE STRUCTURE; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; REINFORCEMENT; SEISMIC DESIGN; WALL;

EID: 0033383994     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l99-019     Document Type: Article

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