Effects of near-fault ground motions and equivalent pulses on multi-story structures

Engineering Structures

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 767-779

  Sehhati, Reza ^a   Rodriguez Marek, Adrian ^a   ElGawady, Mohamed ^a   Cofer, William F ^a  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Equivalent pulses; Forward directivity; Incremental Dynamic Analysis; Maximum story ductility demand; Near fault ground motions; Pulse motions

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIVITY; EQUIVALENT PULSES; INCREMENTAL DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM STORY DUCTILITY DEMAND; NEAR FAULT GROUND MOTION; PULSE MOTIONS;

DAMPING; DUCTILITY; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMOLOGY;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

DAMPING; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; GROUND MOTION; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; PEAK ACCELERATION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SEISMIC HAZARD; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 79251595215     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2010.11.032     Document Type: Article

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