Seismic evaluation of existing RC frames with wide beams using an energy-based approach

Earthquake and Structures

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-108

  Benavent Climent, A ^a   Zahran, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Energy dissipation capacity; Existing frames; Seismic performance; Wide beams

Indexed keywords

CONNECTORS (STRUCTURAL); ENERGY DISSIPATION; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC WAVES;

ENERGY DISSIPATION CAPACITIES; EXISTING FRAMES; EXISTING REINFORCED CONCRETE; INCREMENTAL DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; NON-LINEAR NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC PERFORMANCE; ULTIMATE ENERGY DISSIPATION CAPACITY; WIDE BEAM;

SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 79952820795     PISSN: 20927614     EISSN: 20927622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/eas.2010.1.1.093     Document Type: Article

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