Vulnerability assessment of gravity-load designed RC buildings: Evaluation of seismic capacity through non-linear dynamic analyses

Engineering Structures

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 257-269

  Masi, Angelo ^a   Vona, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gravity load design; Masonry infills; Non linear dynamic analysis; RC buildings; Seismic vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE STRENGTH; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DUCTILITY DEMANDS; EXTERNAL BEAM; GRAVITY LOADS; IN-BUILDINGS; INTENSITY MEASURE; MAIN GROUP; MASONRY INFILLS; NON-LINEAR DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; RC BUILDINGS; RESPONSE PARAMETERS; SEISMIC CAPACITY; SEISMIC VULNERABILITY; STATE OF PRACTICE; STRUCTURAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL TYPE; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; MODEL STRUCTURES; SEISMOLOGY;

SEISMIC DESIGN;

CORRELATION; DUCTILITY; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; GRAVITY; INFILL; MASONRY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84866148491     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2012.06.043     Document Type: Article

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