Estimation of seismic demands on isolators in asymmetric buildings using non-linear analysis

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 395-418

  Ryan, Keri L ^a   Chopra, Anil K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric plan; Base isolation; Deformation; Eccentricity; Non linear response history analysis; Peak ground velocity

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; DEFORMATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; SEISMOLOGY; STIFFNESS;

DESIGN EQUATIONS; ECCENTRICITY;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; SEISMIC ISOLATION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 1442264975     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.358     Document Type: Article

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