An energy-based procedure for the assess
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A. Benavent-Climent; R. Zahran
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Article
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2010
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Elsevier Science
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English
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A methodology for assessing the seismic capacity of existing frames in terms of energy is proposed. It estimates the global amount of input energy-in form of a factor AE IU -and hysteretic energy that the overall structure can dissipate until collapse under earthquake-type loadings. The method requi