Seismic Assessment of RC Buildings Using Nonlinear Static Procedures: Structural Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering - Softcover

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The seismic design of new buildings is mandatory. However, there are many existing buildings were mostly designed under the influence of gravity loads. Such buildings may stand vulnerable to earthquakes and thus need to be strengthened; so that they become safe. To achieve the required level of strengthening, advanced analysis and assessment tools must be used. The study objective in this book is to demonstrate an assessment methodology through studying a local existing building, which was designed under gravity loads only. Based on the above, the case study building is assessed using an Nonlinear Static Pushover Analysis that is called capacity spectrum method (CSM) as per ATC-40 code. This book paves the way to further research on seismic assessment of existing buildings with effective tools for judging the efficiency and suitability of retrofitting techniques.

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