DISPLACEMENT-BASED SEISMIC DESIGN
DISPLACEMENT-BASED SEISMIC DESIGN
DISPLACEMENT-BASED SEISMIC DESIGN
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CHAPTER 4<br />
ANALYSIS TOOLS FOR DIRECT<br />
<strong>DISPLACEMENT</strong>-<strong>BASED</strong> <strong>DESIGN</strong><br />
Deals with a number of particularly relevant issues:<br />
• Moment-curvature analysis (Cumbia on CD)<br />
• Equilibrium considerations<br />
• Section stiffness<br />
• Shear strength<br />
• Capacity design analyses<br />
• Inelastic time-history analyses (Ruaumoko, SeismoStruct<br />
on CD)<br />
• Pushover analyses (Ruaumoko, SeismoStruct)<br />
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