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- Title
- Seismic Resistance Characteristics of Reinforced Concrete Beam-Supported Floor Slabs in Building Structures: Contribution of Floor Systems to Earthquake Resistance of Building Structural Frames.
- File
- PB81219172.pdf
- Author(s)
- Nakashima, M.; Huang, T.; Lu, L. W.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., April 1981, 353 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- FEL-422.9
- Abstract
- This study investigates the in-plane seismic characteristics of reinforced concrete floor slabs which function as diaphragms placed between lateral load resisting systems. The paper focuses on the floor slab system with edge beams, referred to as the beam-supported floor system. The investigation consists of four phases: (1) experimental study, (2) analytical study, (3) parametric study, and (4) dynamic response analysis.
- Keywords
- Floors; Earthquake resistant structures; Reinforced concrete; Stiffness methods; Dynamic response; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Concrete slabs; Elastic properties; Loads (Forces); Dynamic structural analysis