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Title: Prediction of Response of Concrete Buildings to Severe Earthquake Motion

Author(s): Sigmund A. Freeman

Publication: Symposium Paper

Volume: 55

Issue:

Appears on pages(s): 589-606

Keywords: damping capacity; ductility; dynamic structural analys earthquake resistant structures; elastic limit; mathematical mode multistory buildings; reinforced concrete; structural analysis is; Is;

DOI: 10.14359/6629

Date: 8/1/1978

Abstract:
A procedure for estimating the inelastic respond\se of reinforced concrete structures to ser\severe ground motion is described. This procedure combines analytical structural engineei\ring methods with interpreitve analyses of response spectra and can be used by practicing engineers without complex computer analysis. The solution results in estimated values for peak structural response, peak ductility demands, equivalent responese periods of vibration, equivalent percentages of creitical damping, and reserve capasities. Examples of the procedure are presented, and their results are compared with data obtained from recorded motion of actual reinforced concrete structures.