Evaluation methodology for structures subjected to seismic loading /
A method to evaluate the performance of new and existing
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1996.
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | A method to evaluate the performance of new and existing analyses. Various additional earthquakes are then used to analysis. The pushover analysis is based on stiffness and in the evaluation of existing buildings and retrofit are compared to experimental measurements obtained in the building after retrofit subjected to the same shaking table dependent story shear demands. Seismic story demand points each story level are established from an inelastic pushover excitations. The predicted response found using this method excite the buildings in order to demonstrate the predictive for a given earthquake are determined for initial elastic increase in total equivalent viscous damping during the method, derived from the Capacity Spectrum Method, can be methods. Capacity curves for the overall structure and for obtained from nonlinear dynamic analyses. This study shows of a structure to a given earthquake with reliable results. overall structural response. The demand curves are then procedure is applied to a one-third scale, three story reflected in the demand points. These points are then joined reinforced concrete frame model building which was subjected response and for various levels of structural ductility using response spectrum analysis and modal superposition. The shaking due to the development of hysteretic damping is shaking table tests and to the results from nonlinear dynamic structures subjected to earthquakes is proposed. This superimposed onto the capacity curves. The proposed that the proposed method can be used to predict the response these additional excitations are compared with results to form individual demand curves for each story and for the to successive shaking table excitations and to the same use of this method. The predicted analytical response from used by practicing engineers in the design of new buildings |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Civil Engineering". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 128 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. Also available online. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references : pages xiv, 128. |