A simulated design procedure for the assessment of seismic capacity of existing reinforced concrete buildings

Advances in Engineering Software

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 323-335

  Verderame, G M ^a   Polese, M ^a   Mariniello, C ^a   Manfredi, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Pushover analysis; RC building; Seismic capacity; Simulated design procedure; Structural identification

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; MODEL BUILDINGS; MODEL STRUCTURES; REINFORCED CONCRETE; REINFORCEMENT; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMOLOGY;

PUSHOVER ANALYSIS; RC BUILDING; SEISMIC CAPACITY; SIMULATED DESIGN PROCEDURE; STRUCTURAL IDENTIFICATION;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 70449527576     PISSN: 09659978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2009.06.011     Document Type: Article

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