Historically, the seismic performance of structures with conditions of structural irregularity
has been poor in strong earthquakes when compared to those of regular structures. In …

A study devoted to define the diaphragm condition using linear-elastic analyses for
structures with the most widely used floor systems in Mexico (two-way ribbed RC slabs …

One of the established conditions of structural regularity in modern Mexican seismic codes is
that a rigid and strong diaphragm has to be provided at each story. However, this condition …

Masonry infill walls are commonly used in the frames of reinforced concrete (RC) buildings
around the world. The seismic performance of these buildings is strongly affected by the …

In this paper, the in-plane deformability of floors in Reinforced Concrete (RC) structures has
been investigated in order to establish the role of lightening elements made of both …

Analyses motivated by damage and collapse of parking structures in the 1994 Northridge
earthquake have shown that flexible diaphragms can experience larger horizontal …

The rigid floor assumption is commonly used in structural design, but it is not applicable to
buildings with a large plane aspect ratio. This study designed nine frame-shear wall …

Routinely, behavior of floor diaphragms is assumed completely rigid in their plane, which
leads to erroneous results in analysis and design of some particular buildings. In this study …

Discretely connected precast reinforced concrete floor diaphragm (DCPCD) is a new-type
untopped precast concrete floor system. Using slab joint connectors, instead of cast-in-situ …

Se presenta un estudio analítico en el intervalo elástico lineal, que evalúa el
comportamiento de diafragma de los sistemas de piso más ampliamente utilizados en …