Probabilistic evaluation of behaviour factors in EC8-designed R/C frames

Engineering Structures

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1028-1041

  Chryssanthopoulos, Marios K ^a   Dymiotis, Christiana ^a   Kappos, Andreas J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour factors; Eurocodes; Probabilistic methods; R C frames; Seismic design

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; LOAD LIMITS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBABILITY; REINFORCED CONCRETE; RELIABILITY; SERVICE LIFE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

MULTI STOREY FRAME; PROBABILISTIC METHODS; REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAMES;

STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

EID: 0033879352     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0296(99)00026-7     Document Type: Article

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