Earthquake-resistant design of reinforced concrete structures: Shortcomings of current methods

ACI Structural Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-18

  Kotsovos, Michael D ^a   Baka, Angeliki ^a   Vougioukas, Emanuel ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Concrete; Design; Reinforced concrete; Seismic; Test

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; CRACK INITIATION; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STEEL; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL LOADS; TRUSSES;

COMPRESSIVE FORCE PATH; CYCLIC TRANSVERSE LOADING; DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE-RESISTANT DESIGN; MONOTONIC LOADING; REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURE;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0041738069     PISSN: 08893241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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