A simplified method is proposed to estimate the seismic response of coupled shear walls for design purposes. The method consists of first obtaining the dynamic characteristics of the structure approximately. The vibrating cantilever modes are taken as the approximate mode shapes of the structure. Th
An inelastic analysis of coupled shear walls
โ Scribed by I.A.S. Elkholy; H. Robinson
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1974
- Weight
- 525 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-3628
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