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- Title
- Coupled Walls in Earthquake-Resistant Buildings: Parametric Investigation and Design Procedure.
- File
- PB82147901.pdf
- Author(s)
- Saatcioglu, M.; Derecho, A. T.; Corley, W. G.; Parmelee, R. A.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., July 1981, 136 p.
- Abstract
- This project developed and analyzed design information on the behavior of multi-story structures during earthquakes. Structural and ground motion parameters, their effects on dynamic response, the most significant parameters as design variables, and relationships among the design variables were examined. A computer program was used to investigate nonlinear response of coupled wall structures. The analytical modeling procedures used are given and the effects of structural parameters on dynamic inelastic response of coupled walls are discussed. Properties of structures with different mass for inertia are noted. General information is provided concerning earthquake resistant design and variables found to be significant in formulating a design procedure. Factors considered include the beam-to-wall stiffness ratio, wall strength, beam-to-wall strength ratio, yield deformation level, and earthquake characteristics.
- Keywords
- Earthquake resistant structures; Shear walls; Reinforced concrete; Walls; Structural design; Dynamic response; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Buildings; Concrete structures; Computer aided analysis; DRAIN-2D computer program; Dynamic structural analysis