Seismic shear demand in high-rise concrete walls

Concrete shear walls are used as the seismic force resisting system in many high-rise buildings in Western Canada. During earthquake, the response of a high-rise concrete wall as it undergoes severe cracking of concrete and yielding of reinforcement is very complex. In particular, the nonlinear shea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rajaee Rad, Babak
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/6484