Evaluation of earthquake response of low-rise structures using design codes and local specifications
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5459/bnzsee.16.4.331-344Abstract
Most earthquake engineering research projects are concerned with the analysis and design of high-rise buildings. Comparisons of actual earthquake forces with pseudo-static design forces recommended by various building codes indicate that in actual earthquakes the forces in low-rise buildings can be up to three to five times the pseudo-static design forces.
This paper is concerned with evaluating and comparing the earthquake response of low-rise buildings calculated using local response spectra and real time-histories with various Building Code Recommendations. It is shown that Building Code Recommendations underestimate the structural response.
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