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Title
Seismic Performance Study of a 2-Story Masonry Wall-Frame Building Designed by Tentative Limit States Design Standard.
File
PB93212991.pdf
Author(s)
Hart, G. C.; Englekirk, R. E.; Jaw, J. W.; Huang, S. C.; Drag, D. J.
Source
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., February 1992, 76 p.
Identifying Number(s)
REPT-2.1-12
Abstract
The report has the following purposes: (1) To develop analytical models using the Task 2 computer programs of a case study building that was designed using the Limit State Design Standard (LSDS) developed by The Masonry Society, American Concrete Institute and American Society of Civil Engineers and quantify its performance. (2) To study the sensitivity of the estimate component and system response to variations in material properties, modeling assumptions, and different analytical models. (3) To make recommendations, based upon the results of (1) and (2), for improving the Limit State Design Standard.
Keywords
Masonry; Seismic design; Limit design method; Research management; Computer applications; Buildings; TCCMAR (Technical Coordinating Committee on Masonry Research); Earthquake engineering; International relations; Tests; UJNR (U.S.-Japan Natural Resources Development Program)