A macro-element model for inelastic building analysis

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1725-1757

  De La Llera, Juan C ^a   Vásquez, Jorge ^a   Chopra, Anil K ^b   Almazán, José L ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Inelastic building analysis; Lateral torsional coupling; Single element model; Storey mechanisms; Ultimate storey shear and torque surface

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BUILDINGS; DEFORMATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TORSIONAL STRESS;

INELASTIC BUILDINGS; MACROELEMENT MODELS; ULTIMATE STOREY SHEAR AND TORQUE (USST) SURFACES;

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 0034554822     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9845(200012)29:12<1725::AID-EQE982>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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