The effective design and the construction of earthquake resistant structures have much
greater importance in all over the world. In this paper, the earthquake response of symmetric …

Soft first storey is a typical feature in the modern multi-storey constructions in urban India.
Though multi-storeyed buildings with soft storey floor are inherently vulnerable to collapse …

Bhuj earthquake in India, 2001 had witnessed spectacular failures of a class of reinforced
concrete multi-storied buildings termed as Open Ground Storey (OGS) buildings …

Severe structural damage suffered by several modern buildings during recent earthquakes
illustrates the importance of avoiding sudden changes in lateral stiffness and strength …

A soft story is characterized as a level in a building that is either less than 70% stiffer than
the one directly overhead it or less than 80% stiffer than the average of the three stories …

Structural engineer's greatest challenge in today's scenario is constructing seismic resistant
structure. Uncertainties involved and behavior studies are vital for all civil engineering …

In present scenario buildings with Floating Column is a typical feature in the modern multi-
storey construction in urban India. Such features are highly undesirable in building built in …

The importance of workplace safety in the ready-made garment (RMG) industry in
Bangladesh came to the forefront after a series of disastrous events in recent years. In order …

In present scenario buildings with floating columns are of typical feature in the modern
multistorey construction practices in urban India. Such types of constructions are highly …

In this study two single-bay, three-storey space frames, one with brick masonry infill in the
second and third floors representing a soft-storey frame and the other without infill were …