Abstract: A procedure is introduced to compute the maximum response of light secondary systems attached to buildings subjected to earthquakes. The procedure is based on the application of the response spectrum technique to a combined ...

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to propose a procedure to determine in a rational but simple way equivalent static lateral forces for the seismic design of nonstructural components attached to buildings. The procedure is ...

Abstract: The developments in the last three decades in the area of seismic design of mechanical and electrical equipment, architectural components, as well as other secondary structures and nonstructural components attached to the ...

Abstract: The collapses of building structures during recent earthquakes have raised many questions regarding the adequacy of current seismic provisions to prevent a partial or total collapse. They have also brought up questions as ...

Abstract: An investigation is carried out of a 13-story building to assess the viability and effectiveness of a recently proposed roof isolation system that aims at reducing the response of buildings to earthquakes. The roof isolation ...

Abstract: A method is presented for a simplified seismic analysis of nonlinear multidegree-of-freedom structures. The method represents an improvement over an earlier attempt to extend the use of the conventional response-spectrum ...

Abstract: This note presents a procedure that basically consists of the following: (1) The detection, as the step-by-step integration advances, of changes in load-deformation behavior; (2) the determination of the precise times at ...

Abstract: An extensive parametric study is conducted with eight code-designed steel moment-resisting frames and a series of linear and nonlinear single-degree-of-freedom nonstructural components to investigate to what degree, how ...