Assessment of design recommendations for torsionally unbalanced multistory buildings

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-66

  De la Colina, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; BUILDINGS; SHEAR STRESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TORSIONAL STRESS;

SEISMIC TORSION;

EARTHQUAKES;

ECCENTRICITY; GROUND MOTION; MODEL; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; SEISMIC DESIGN; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TORSION;

EID: 0037296338     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.1540998     Document Type: Article

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