Structures in mega cities, are under serious threat because of faulty and unskilled design
and construction of structures. Sometimes structure designers are more concerned in …

Metropolitan cities are under severe threat because of inappropriate design and
construction of structures. Faulty building designed without considering seismic …

Beams are major media of carrying and transferring loads. A careful approach in its design
may lead to good serviceability and optimization of the cost of structure. Prismatic beams are …

In anticipating a considerable risk due to earthquake loads to produce an ideal failure
mechanism, it is necessary to know the level of structure performance, the parameters that …

The pushover analysis approach was used in this work to assess the seismic capacity of a
high-rise RCC building. In this evaluation method, a 20-story building bearing continuous …

Dhaka is one of most vulnerable city considering growing impact of disasters. This study
assesses disaster induced vulnerability of Dhaka city using Pressure and Release (PAR) …

Bangladesh is situated in an earthquake-active region. It is necessary to identify structures at
risk of damage and implement an effective safety standard. This evaluation requires …

ABSTRACT Performance Based Design (PBD) planning can estimate the ability of a
structure to withstand earthquakes according to desired performance. The purpose of this …

Nonlinear static analysis has recently become one of the most commonly used analysis
procedures for design and seismic performance evaluation of buildings, due to its simplicity …

Soft storey is the one of which the rigidity is lower than any other storey due to the fact that it
has not got the walls with the same properties the other ones have. If vertical load bearing …