Abstract Prefabricated Modular Buildings are increasingly becoming a highly sort after
technology to achieve cost effective and speedy construction in the construction industry …

Near-field earthquake is one of the primary sources of ground motions that significantly
affecting the structure's seismic response in its surrounding area containing pulse-long …

Irregular buildings are more vulnerable to seismic loading, depending on their degree of
irregularity. The degree of irregularity in vertically irregular buildings and its correlation to …

Earthquakes have severely damaged the structures which are already built. Due to this there
is large number of deaths, injuries and economic loss. Therefore there is an urgent need for …

Non-linear analysis is necessary to evaluate the seismic demand of the proposed or existing
structure, as linear analysis is inadequate in assessing the seismic demand under severe …

Pushover analysis is a static, nonlinear procedure using simplified nonlinear technique to
estimate seismic structural deformations. It is an incremental static analysis used to …

Natural disasters like earthquakes are causing catastrophic failure for various structures in
and around the world because of its unpredictable nature. Even in India, almost 80% of …

The patterns of sporadic structure development have quickly expanded because of tasteful
and restricted accessibility of land. Past examinations have indicated that the structures with …

In the Performance Based Plastic design method, the failure is predetermined; making it
famous throughout the world. But due to lack of proper guidelines and simple stepwise …

Presented in this paper is the comparison of a steel moment resisting frame designed by the
Performance based Plastic design method and conventional elastic design method based …