Ground motion in the vicinity of fault rupture produces pulse-type loading that may impose
severe lateral displacement demands on structures due to forward-directivity effects. The M …

Application of displacement-based design for slender structural walls results in predictions
for the wall normal strain gradient derived from estimating the wall neutral axis depth and …

In 1996, Chile adopted NCh433. Of96, which includes seismic design approaches similar to
those used in and a concrete code based on. Since reinforced concrete buildings are the …

Earthquake induced structural displacements are a main case of damage in structures
subjected to earthquakes. Simple techniques for estimating structural displacements enable …

Most seismic codes specify empirical formulas to estimate the fundamental vibration period
of buildings. Evaluated first in this paper are the formulas specified in present US codes …

Current building codes and design standards classify different structural components
according to their expected structural performance. Such classification is usually based on …

This study proposes a simplified approach to Performance-Based Design (PBD) and
Performance-Based Assessment (PBA) of buildings subjected to earthquakes. The …

Observed wall damage in recent earthquakes in Chile and New Zealand, where modern
building codes exist, exceeded expectations. In these earthquakes, structural wall damage …

A simple method for the non‐linear static analysis of complex building structures subjected
to monotonically increasing horizontal loading (push‐over analysis) is presented. The …

The flexural displacement capacity of a concrete shear wall depends on the length of the
plastic hinge. Typical building codes and several researchers recommend the use of an …