AUTOMATIC SEISMIC DESIGN OF REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDING FRAMES

The paper presents an automatic method for seismic design of reinforecd concrete frame buildings, which aims for a uniform energy dissipation throughout the building frame, as measured by the individual members damage indexes. A new damage index is briefly reviewed, which serves as a measure of a member's residual energy dissipation capcity and thus is suitable as a control parameter in an automated design method. The design method is based on an extensive study of the effects of three important design variables: longitudinal reinforcement, confinement steel, and member depth. Design rules derived from the large numerical studies allow an interative improvement of a preliminary design until the distribution of damage indexes has reached a user-specified degree of uniformity.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Concrete Institute

  P.O. Box 19150, Redford Station, 22400 Seven Mile Road
  Detroit, MI  United States  48219
• Authors:
  • CHUNG, Y S
  • Meyer, C
  • Shinozuka, M
• Publication Date: 1990-5

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 326-340
• Serial:
  • ACI Structural Journal
  • Volume: 87
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: American Concrete Institute (ACI)
  • ISSN: 0889-3241
  • Serial URL: http://www.concrete.org/PUBS/JOURNALS/SJHOME.ASP

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dissipation; Earthquake resistant design; Earthquake resistant structures; Framed structures; Longitudinal reinforcement; Loss and damage; Reinforced concrete; Seismicity; Steel; Structural design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Seismic response
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Energy; Highways; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00494615
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Title No. 87-S33
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 1990 12:00AM