Post-elastic seismic response of a reinforced concrete frame

Authors

  • W. R. Walpole Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner Ltd., Wellington, New Zealand
  • R. Shepherd University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5459/bnzsee.1.2.102-112

Abstract

The two-phase philosophy of structural seismic design involves the choice of a structural system which will remain elastic under small or medium earthquakes and which will deform inelastically, but not catastrophically, in a major seismic disturbance.

References

New Zealand Standards Institute: Basic Loads to be used in Design and their Method of Application. NZSS 1900, Standard Model Building Bylaw. Chapter 8, 1965.

Skinner, R. I. Earthquake Generated Forces and Movements in Tall Buildings. New Zealand D. S. I. R. Bulletin 166, 1964.

Walpole , W. R. Unpublished Ph. D. Thesis, University of Canterbury N. Z. 1968.

Clough, R. W., Benuska, K. L., and Wilson, E. L. Inelastic Earthquake Response of Tall Buildings. Proc. 3rd. W. C. E. E. New Zealand, 1965.

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Published

31-12-1968

How to Cite

Walpole, W. R., & Shepherd, R. (1968). Post-elastic seismic response of a reinforced concrete frame. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 1(2), 102–112. https://doi.org/10.5459/bnzsee.1.2.102-112

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Vol. 1 No. 2 (1968)

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