Title: Experiments to Study the Earthquake Response of Reinforced Concrete Frames with Setbacks (NEES-2011-1068)

Year Of Curation: 2012

Description: Traditionally, building codes for earthquake-resistant design in the United States have separated buildings into two classes with respect to the distribution of mass, stiffness, and strength over the height of the structure. Buildings which do not have a reasonably uniform distribution of these attributes have been classified as being irregular. While simplified design procedures, such as the Equivalent Lateral Force method, may be used for regular buildings, special design procedures, such as linear dynamic analysis, are required for irregular buildings.

Award: NSF CEE 81-14977

PIs & CoPIs: Mete Sozen, Sharon Wood

Dates: January 20, 1983 - April 06, 1984

Organizations: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, United States

Facilities: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, United States

Sponsor: NSF CEE - 81-14977

Keywords: Building Setbacks, Irregularities, Shake table

Publications: "Experiments to Study the Earthquake Response of Reinforced Concrete Frames with Setbacks" 

• Sharon Wood, Mete Sozen (2017), "Experiments to Study the Earthquake Response of Reinforced Concrete Frames with Setbacks (NEES-2011-1068)," https://datacenterhub.org/deedsdv/publications/view/285.