On the development of zipper frames by pushover testing

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Behaviour of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas - Stessa 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 555-561

  Yang, Chuang Sheng ^a   Leon, Roberto T ^a   DesRoches, Reginald ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MACHINE DESIGN; ROOFS; SEISMOLOGY; STEEL; STEEL CONSTRUCTION; STEEL STRUCTURES;

BRACED FRAMES; DESIGN PROCEDURES; DRIFT RATIOS; EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMS; FLOOR LEVELS; LATERAL FORCES; LOS ANGELES; NONLINEAR PUSHOVER ANALYSES; OVERALL COLLAPSES;

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EID: 52949116612     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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