Development of a Displacement-Based Design Method for Steel Frame-RC Wall Buildings
Article in Journal of Earthquake Engineering · February 2010 Impact Factor: 1.18 · DOI: 10.1080/13632460902995138
Reyes Garcia
T. J. Sullivan
Gaetano Della Corte
Abstract A Displacement-Based Design (DBD) methodology for steel frame-RC wall structures has been proposed. The effectiveness of the methodology in limiting lateral displacements has been tested by designing a set of case studies. Their structural performance was investigated through nonlinear time-history analyses by using seven spectrum-compatible accelerograms. For the seismic intensity and modelling assumptions considered in this work, it is found that the proposed design methodology controls the lateral displacements of the buildings well. Keywords: displacement based design, steel frame-RC wall buildings, drift, displacement, time-history analyses
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