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- Title
- Trial Designs Made in Accordance with Tentative Limit States Design Standards for Reinforced Masonry Buildings.
- File
- PB93214690.pdf
- Author(s)
- Kariotis, J. C.; Waqfi, O. M.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., February 1992, 242 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- REPT-9.1-2
- Abstract
- The end product of the research is the development of seismic design recommendations that will utilize masonry materials in a cost-effective manner. Cost-effective use of masonry in the United States must consider first cost and limitation of possible damage due to natural hazards such as earthquakes. A draft of a Masonry Limit States Design Standard (Tentative Standard) has been written and is being reviewed by a Joint Masonry Standard Committee of the ACI, ASCE and TMS. The Tentative Standard utilizes the NEHRP Recommended Provisions as a reference for general seismic design provisions. However, the Tentative Standard includes recommendations for seismic design in accordance with a limit states design as the NEHRP Recommended Provisions coordinates its seismic design provisions with working stress standards such as ACI/ASCE 530.
- Keywords
- ; Deformation; Moments; Earth movements; Displacement; Loads (Forces); Structural members; Mathematical models; Damping; Masonry; Structural design; Earthquake damage; Buildings; Stiffness; Seismic effects; Walls; Design standards; Earthquake engineering; Reinforcement (Structures); Mechanical properties