Strengthening of moment-resisting frame structures against near-fault ground motion effects

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 707-722

  Alavi, Babak ^a   Krawinkler, Helmut ^b  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frame structures; Near fault; Near field; Near source; Pulse; Seismic demands; Strengthening

Indexed keywords

DUCTILITY; EARTHQUAKES; ELASTICITY; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; SHEAR STRENGTH;

CODE-COMPLIANT FRAME STRUCTURES; HINGED WALLS; MOMENT-RESISTING FRAME STRUCTURES; STIFF STRUCTURES;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 2342565761     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.370     Document Type: Article

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