Design for forces induced by seismic torsion

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 328-337

  Humar, JagMohan ^a   Yavari, Soheil ^a   Saatcioglu, Murat ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accidental torsion; Design for torsion; Interdependence of strength and stiffness; National Building Code of Canada; Natural torsion; Torsional response to earthquake

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; EARTHQUAKES; RIGIDITY; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

STATIC LOADS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING;

BUILDING CODE; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ECCENTRICITY; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STIFFNESS; TORSION;

CANADA;

EID: 0042855819     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l02-029     Document Type: Article

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