Effect of shear wall area to floor area ratio on the seismic behavior of reinforced concrete buildings

Journal of Structural Engineering (United States)

Volumn 139, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1928-1937

  Burak, Burcu ^a   Comlekoglu, Hakki Gurhan ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HGC Design   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Earthquake resistant structures; Nonlinear analysis; Reinforced concrete; Shear walls

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; ANALYTICAL STUDIES; EARTHQUAKE LOADINGS; EARTHQUAKE-RESISTANT STRUCTURES; FLOOR AREA RATIOS; INTERSTORY DRIFTS; NONLINEAR TIME HISTORY ANALYSIS; SEISMIC PERFORMANCE;

BUILDINGS; CONCRETES; FLOORS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES;

SHEAR WALLS;

EID: 84886574331     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0000785     Document Type: Article

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