Displacement-based Seismic Design of Shear Wall Buildings
Freddy Eduardo Pina Burgos, Carleton University (Canada)., ProQuest Co, Carleton University. Dissertation. Engineering, Civil and Environmental
Carleton University (Canada), 2006 - 300 pages
A displacement-based method of seismic design (DBSD) is presented with particular reference to the design of reinforced concrete shear wall buildings. For preliminary design, approximate estimates of the yield and ultimate displacements are obtained, the former from simple empirical relations, and the latter to satisfy the following criteria: (1) satisfy code-specified drift limits, (2) ensure stability under P-Delta effects, and (3) keep the ductility demand within ductility capacity. For a multi-storey building the structure is converted to an equivalent single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) system using an assumed deformation shape that is representative of the first mode. The required base shear strength of the SDOF system is determined from the inelastic demand spectrum corresponding to the ductility demand, which is the ratio of ultimate to yield displacement. The base shear is distributed across the height using an assumed pattern, such as the one given by the National Building Code of Canada, and the structure is designed for the moments produced by the estimated shears. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
ISBN 0494183314, 9780494183311

Ductile Seismic Design of Steel-Concrete Composite Structures
Srour Nofal

Publisher LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2012
ISBN 3848443325, 9783848443321
Length 248 pages
In order to allow the formation of the greatest number of plastic hinges and to dissipate as much as possible seismic energy of moment-resisting frames, dissipative zones should be mainly located in plastic hinges in the beams or in the beam-column joints, but not in the columns except at the base of the frame. It is clear that this design method strongly depends on actual mechanical properties of materials. The possibility that the actual yield strength of steel is higher than the nominal yield strength in dissipative zones should be taken into account by a material overstrength factor for the design of non-dissipative zones. In spite of the fact that this point is essential in seismic design, the value to be given to this overstrength factor varies in the provisions of different standards. Moreover, these standards don't provide adequate limitations on mechanical properties for steel products even if it should be directly related to the overstrength factor chosen. For these reasons, this work aimed to define suitable harmonised rules and recommendations for production standards and structural regulations for steel-concrete composite structures located at earthquake-prone areas.

Seismic Design for Engineering Plant
Chris Ealing, John MacFarlane

Editors Chris Ealing, John Andrew MacFarlane, John MacFarlane
Edition illustrated
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, 2003
ISBN 1860583644, 9781860583643
Length 214 pages
About the author (2003)

Chris Ealing graduated in 1964 after a student apprenticeship with English Electric. His career has been spent with design, manufacture, and construction contracting companies serving the civil nuclear power industry. He progressed from design engineer to design manager, business director, and finally engineering director before retiring in 2000. While not a seismic specialist, experience of projects with a seismic requirement was gained in the USA, Romania, Hungary, and Japan, in addition to the UK. He is the author of numerous technical papers on the subject of dry storage of spent nuclear fuels and was Chairman of the IMechE Nuclear Power Committee for a number of years.

John MacFarlane is a chartered mechanical and chartered civil engineer with over 30 years' experience in the heavy mechanical, civil, and nuclear industries. For the past 22 years, he has had a specific interest in the seismic qualification and design of nuclear power plant structures, systems, and plant gained in the UK and overseas. He has published a number of papers nationally and internationally, and is currently Group Head of Civil Engineering, for British Energy.
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