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intersection of the two stiffaess in the bilinear approximation of the pushover response curve of each<br />

storey. <strong>The</strong> relationship between them is shown by equation (12).<br />

Limit state<br />

<strong>The</strong> yield and limit-state deformations are used to defined the limit-state displacement ductility, // A :<br />

=-~ and //

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