Soft stories - an appropriate choice for failure theory

Structural Design of Tall Buildings

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 385-390

  Scarlat, Adrian S ^a,b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Israeli Assoc for Earthquakes Eng   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); INTERPOLATION; PILES; STIFFNESS;

FAILURE THEORY; LATERAL STIFFNESS; SEISMIC CODE; SOFT STORY EFFECT;

TALL BUILDINGS;

EID: 0034510207     PISSN: 10628002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1794(200012)9:5<385::AID-TAL162>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. Scarlat A. 1996. Approximate Methods in Structural Seismic Design. Chapman & Hall.
2. Scarlat A. 1997. Design of soft stories. Earthquake Spectra 13(2).
3. Scarlat A. 1998. Pile foundation used as a natural seismic damper. Proceedings of the 6th SECED Conference on Seismic Design Practice, Balkema.
4. SEAOC. 1996. Recommended lateral forces requirements and commentaries.