Abstract: The performance of tall reinforced concrete core building archetypes in Seattle, Washington, was evaluated for 30 simulated scenarios of a magnitude 9 (M9) Cascadia subduction zone interface earthquake. Compared with typical ...

Abstract: Reinforced concrete walls are a common lateral load–resisting system for buildings. Common wall configurations are solid planar or solid flanged (H, I, T, L, or C-shaped cross sections) and coupled planar or flanged walls. ...