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- Title
- Optimal Design of Seismic-Resistant Planar Steel Frames.
- File
- PB82220179.pdf
- Author(s)
- Balling, R. J.; Ciampi, V.; Pister, K. S.; Polak, E.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., December 1981, 127 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- UCB/EERC-81/20
- Abstract
- This report presents a method for the seismic-resistant design of planar rectangular braced or unbraced steel frames. An important feature of the method is that nonlinear step-by-step integration is used as the analysis technique within the design process itself. The frame design method is illustrated by application to a non-trivial example 4-story 3-bay moment-resisting steel frame. The practicality and reliability of the method for this example problem are assessed.
- Keywords
- Seismic design; Earthquake resistant structures; User needs; Computer graphics; RATTLE computer program; Mathematical programming; Mathematical models; Structural design; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Soil structure interactions; Computer aided design; Design criteria