Abstract: An analytical approach to determine the need to provide transverse reinforcement at boundaries of reinforced concrete structural walls with rectangular, T‐shaped, or barbell‐shaped cross sections is presented. By relating ...

Abstract: A displacement-based analytical procedure is used to develop a new code format for the seismic design of reinforced concrete shear walls. The procedure, which can be applied to walls of various cross-sectional shapes, uses ...

Abstract: Current engineering practice typically relies on the use of fiber-based modeling approaches with uncoupled axial-bending (P-M) and shear (V) responses to simulate nonlinear behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) structural ...

Abstract: Quantification of building system performance and response parameters such as response modification coefficient (

Abstract: Current engineering practice typically relies on the use of fiber-based modeling approaches with uncoupled axial-bending (P-M) and shear (V) responses to simulate nonlinear behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) structural ...

Abstract: An analytical procedure to determine the need for concrete confinement at the boundaries of structural walls in a building subjected to earthquakes is described. The procedure is based on comparing directly the expected ...

Abstract: Existing approaches used to model the lateral load versus deformation responses of reinforced concrete walls typically assume uncoupled axial/flexural and shear responses. A novel analytical model for RC walls that captures ...

Abstract: Application of displacement-based design for slender structural walls results in predictions for the wall normal strain gradient derived from estimating the wall neutral axis depth and maximum compressive strain at the ...

Abstract: Interstory drift, the relative translational displacement between two consecutive floors, is an important engineering demand parameter and indicator of structural performance. The structural engineering community would ...

Abstract: Design calculations are presented for two shear-wall buildings using a new code format described in a companion paper. The lateral force resisting system for building 1 is comprised of two rectangular and two channel-shaped ...