Seismic behavior of asymmetric RC wall buildings: Principles and new deformation-based design method

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-124

  Sommer, Alois ^a,b   Bachmann, Hugo ^b  

^a Resonance Ingenieurs Conseils SA   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asymmetric regular buildings; Ductile behavior; Ductility demand; Dynamic torsional response; Performance based design; RC structural walls

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; DEFORMATION; DUCTILITY; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ASYMMETRIC BUILDINGS; DYNAMIC TORSIONAL RESPONSE; ECCENTRICITY; SEISMIC DESIGN;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 12444341885     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.412     Document Type: Article

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