Measures of structural redundancy in reinforced concrete buildings. I: Redundancy indices

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1651-1658

  Husain, Mohamed ^a,b   Tsopelas, Panos ^b  

^a Zagazig Univ ^*  (Egypt)

^b Catholic University of America   (United States)

Author keywords

Beams; Columns; Concrete structures; Gravity loads; Redundancy; Structural reliability; Structural strength

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY LOADS; REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAMES; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY; STRUCTURAL STRENGTH;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DUCTILITY; PROBABILITY; REDUNDANCY; RELIABILITY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 13844297652     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2004)130:11(1651)     Document Type: Article

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