This state-of-the-art review provides an overview of the evolution of seismic design
requirements for main steel building seismic force–resisting systems, as driven by new …

Steel structures have long been recognized as excellent earthquake-resistant systems.
However, this viewpoint wavered after the 1994 Northridge and 1995 Kobe earthquakes …

A state-of-the-art summary of recent developments in the behaviour, analysis and design of
seismic resistant steel frames. Much more than a simple background volume, it gives the …

Providing real world applications for different structural types and seismic characteristics,
Seismic Design of Steel Structures combines knowledge of seismic behavior of steel …

This paper describes some recent and ongoing research at the civil engineering universities
(Auckland and Canterbury) to produce better steel structures and to reduce the vulnerability …

Design of Steel Structures for Building in Seismic Areas: Eurocode 8: Design of Structures for
Earthquake Resistance. Part 1: General Design of Steel Structures for Buildings IRIS IRIS …

Seismic design of steel building structures has undergone significant changes since the
Northridge, California earthquake in 1994. Steel structures, thought to be ductile for …

The catastrophic earthquakes of the last decades (Mexico City, 1985; Loma Prieta, 1989;
Northridge, 1994; Kobe, 1995) have seriously undermined there putation of steel structures …

A number of simplified methodologies have been developed and used to estimate seismic
drift demands in buildings. However, none of them have been systematically tested against …

This book is a state-of-the-art report on the ductility of steel structures, containing a
comprehensive review of the technical literature available, and presenting the results of the …