An answer to an important controversy and the need for caution when using simple models to predict inelastic earthquake response of buildings with torsion.
This paper presents evidence that the extension of conclusions based on the widely used simplified, one story, eccentric systems of the shear-beam type, to actual, nonsymmetric buildings and consequent assessments of the pertinent code provisions, can be quite erroneous, unless special care is taken...
| Published in: | Earthquake engineering & structural dynamics. 39, 5 (2010). |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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