Seismic Performance Evaluation of Open Ground Storey Framed Building

by Robin Davis P., Pradip Sarkar, Haran Pragalath D. C.

Open Ground Storey (OGS) framed buildings where the ground storey is kept open without infill walls, mainly for parking, is increasing commonly in urban areas. Vulnerability of this type of buildings was exposed in the past earthquakes. OGS buildings are conventionally designed considering a bare frame analysis ignoring the stiffness of the infill walls present in the upper storeys. This analysis ignoring the stiffness of infill walls underestimates...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3659795194
• ISBN13: 9783659795190
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"