[PDF][PDF] Effect of the height of structures on the force reduction factor of eccentric braced frames

A Ghanem, MM Hassan, SA Mourad - Cairo University, Egypt, 2019 - researchgate.net
Force reduction factor is one of the main seismic design factors to consider nonlinear
behavior of structures during strong earthquakes. Based on this, all seismic codes allow …

Algerian seismic code improvement by proposition of a specific design spectrum for Algiers City

I Berra, A Boulaouad - Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2019 - Springer
This paper is an involvement in the improvement of the Algerian seismic regulation (RPA)
which presents many deficiencies. Investigations are focused on the so-called “spectral …

[PDF][PDF] ASSESSMENT OF DUCTILITY REDUCTION FACTOR FOR OPTIMUM SEISMIC DESIGNED STEEL MOMENT-RESISTING FRAMES

B Ganjavi, GG Amiri - Int. J. Optim. Civil Eng, 2019 - sid.ir
In the present study, ten steel-moment resisting frames (SMRFs) having different numbers of
stories ranging from 3 to 20 stories and fundamental periods of vibration ranging from 0.3 to …