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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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