Seismic Behaviour and Design of Irregular and Complex Civil Structures

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Ground Rotations, Angle of Incidence of Seismic Waves, and Their Effect on Structures

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. An Investigation of an External Impact Conversion into the Strained Rotation Inside Ancient Boulder Structures (Solovky Islands, White Sea)

      • Felix Yudahin, Galina Antonovskaya, Nataly Kapustian, Egor Egorov, Aleksey Klimov

      Pages 3-14

   3. Numerical Analyses of Seismic Ground Rotations from the Wave Passage Effects

      • Zbigniew Zembaty

      Pages 15-27

   4. Impact of Seismic Rotational Components on Symmetric Structures

      • Chao He, Qifeng Luo

      Pages 29-44

3. Seismic Behaviour of Irregular Structures

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45

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   2. The Effect of Common Irregularities on the Seismic Performance of Existing RC Framed Buildings

      • Angelo D’Ambrisi, Mario De Stefano, Marco Tanganelli, Stefania Viti

      Pages 47-58

   3. Influence of the Variability of Concrete Mechanical Properties on the Seismic Response of Existing RC Framed Structures

      • Angelo D’Ambrisi, Mario De Stefano, Marco Tanganelli, Stefania Viti

      Pages 59-72

   4. Seismic Response of Irregular Industrial Steel Buildings

      • Julien Richard, Sanda Koboevic, Robert Tremblay

      Pages 73-85

   5. The Inter-storey Pounding Effect on the Seismic Behaviour of Infilled and Pilotis RC Structures

      • Maria J. Favvata, Chris G. Karayannis

      Pages 87-101

   6. Modal Irregularity in Continuous Reinforced Concrete Bridges. Detection, Effect on the Simplified Seismic Performance Evaluation and Ways of Solution

      • Gustavo Ayala, Marco Antonio Escamilla

      Pages 103-118

   7. Influence of Infill Panels on the Seismic Response of Existing RC Buildings: A Case Study

      • Marco Tanganelli, Stefania Viti, Mario De Stefano, Andrei M. Reinhorn

      Pages 119-133

4. Seismic Analysis of Irregular Structures

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135

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   2. Physically Based Prediction of the Maximum Corner Displacement of One-Storey Eccentric Systems

      • Tomaso Trombetti, Stefano Silvestri, Giada Gasparini, Michele Palermo

      Pages 137-153

   3. Plan Irregular Structures: Simplified Approach

      • Dietlinde Köber, Dan Zamfirescu

      Pages 155-172

   4. Application of Nonlinear Static Method with Corrective Eccentricities to Multistorey Buildings: A Case Study

      • Melina Bosco, Giovanna A. Ferrara, Aurelio Ghersi, Edoardo M. Marino, Pier Paolo Rossi

      Pages 173-188

   5. A Multimode Pushover Procedure for Asymmetric Buildings Under Biaxial Seismic Excitation

      • Grigorios E. Manoukas, Asimina M. Athanatopoulou, Ioannis E. Avramidis

      Pages 189-202

   6. Three-Dimensional Modal Pushover Analysis of Unsymmetric-Plan Buildings Subjected to Two Components of Ground Motion

      • Juan C. Reyes, Anil K. Chopra

      Pages 203-217

   7. Estimating Torsional Demands in Plan Irregular Buildings Using Pushover Procedures Coupled with Linear Dynamic Response Spectrum Analysis

      • Carlos Bhatt, Rita Bento

      Pages 219-233

   8. Analysis of Collapse of Irregular Tall Structures Using Mixed Lagrangian Formulation

      • Georgios Apostolakis, Andrei M. Reinhorn, Gary Dargush, Oren Lavan, Mettupalayam Sivaselvan

      Pages 235-250

Structural irregularities are one of the most frequent causes of severe damages in buildings, as evidenced by the numerous earthquakes in recent years. This issue is of particular importance, since real structures are almost all irregular. Furthermore, structural irregularities depend on several factors often very difficult to predict. This book is an essential tool for understanding the problem of structural irregularities and provides the most up-to-date review on this topic, covering the aspects of ground rotations, analysis, design, control and monitoring of irregular structures. It includes 24 contributions from authors of 13 countries, giving a complete and international view of the problem.

• Irregular Buildings
• Monitoring of Irregular Structures
• Passive Control
• RC Framed Structures
• Seismic Design
• Structural Integrity Buildings
• Torsional Behaviour

• Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental, Technion - Israel Institute of, Haifa, Israel

  Oren Lavan

• , Department of Construction, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

  Mario De Stefano

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