Abstract: It is shown that for long narrow buildings with identical frames and identical walls, the modes that involve in-plane floor deformations are not excited by earthquake ground motion. Therefore, the floors in such buildings ...

Abstract: An analytical method was developed for the dynamic analysis of multistory buildings with significant in‐plane floor flexibility. Expressions are given for the dynamic properties of multistory buildings with end walls (or ...

Abstract: Even though a rigid floor diaphragm is a good assumption for seismic analysis of most buildings, several building configurations may exhibit significant flexibility in floor diaphragm. However, the issue of static seismic ...

Abstract: Seismic overstrength of multistory reinforced concrete frames has been assessed by means of nonlinear pseudostatic analysis on four-bay, three-, six-, and nine-story frames designed for seismic zones I to V as per Indian ...

Abstract: This paper reports on the effects of the great Sumatra earthquake and tsunami of December 26, 2004, in and around Port Blair, the capital city of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. The earthquake shaking and subsequent ...

Abstract: Dynamics of a class of horizontal setback buildings with flexible floor diaphragms has been studied by developing a “separable model.” A rectangular plan building, with flexible floor diaphragms, is a particular case of ...

Abstract: An analytical model is presented for the dynamic analysis of multistory buildings with flexible‐floor diaphragms. A long, narrow multistory building with a number of uniform stories and frames (or walls) is treated as a ...

Abstract: While carrying out an approximate lateral‐load analysis of moment‐resisting tank stagings, it is normal to assume a shear distribution in the columns; this leads to significant inaccuracies. It is shown that due to symmetry ...

Abstract: A long, narrow multistory building with Y-shaped plan having a number of identical frames and floors placed uniformly is modeled including in-plane floor flexibility and analyzed using the equivalent vertically oriented ...