A yield displacement distribution-based approach for strength assignment to lateral force-resisting elements having strength dependent stiffness

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 2319-2351

  Tso, W K ^a   Myslimaj, B ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymmetric structures; Stiffness eccentricity; Strength distribution; Strength eccentricity; Torsional seismic response; Yield displacement distribution

Indexed keywords

RIGIDITY; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

LATERAL FORCE RESISTING ELEMENTS (LFRE);

EARTHQUAKES;

BUILDING; EARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVE; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 0346118754     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.328     Document Type: Article

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