Seismic analysis of an asymmetric fixed base and base-isolated high-rack steel structure

Engineering Structures

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3471-3482

  Kilar, Vojko ^a   Petrovčič, Simon ^a   Koren, David ^a   Šilih, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Base isolation; Braced steel frame; High rack warehouse; Mass eccentricity; N2 method; Pushover analysis; Seismic analysis; Torsion

Indexed keywords

BASE ISOLATION; BRACED STEEL FRAME; HIGH-RACK WAREHOUSE; MASS ECCENTRICITY; N2 METHOD; PUSH-OVER ANALYSIS; SEISMIC ANALYSIS;

FLOORS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SPOT WELDING;

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS;

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; ECCENTRICITY; ELASTIC PROPERTY; NONLINEARITY; SEISMIC ISOLATION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STEEL STRUCTURE; TORSION;

EID: 80054957435     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2011.07.010     Document Type: Article

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