Abstract: The reliability of existing reinforced-concrete flat-slab buildings, designed and detailed to resist gravity loads only, was studied for punching failure at connections under earthquake-type loading. Two flat-slab buildings, ...

Abstract: An equivalent frame approach is presented for nonlinear seismic analysis of reinforced‐concrete flat plate buildings. The approach employs a parametric hysteretic model and is based on the effective slab‐width concept. ...