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Evaluation of code accidental-torsion provisions using earthquake records from three nominally symmetric-plan buildings

Llera, Juan Carlos de la; Chopra, Anil K.

UCB/EERC-92/09, Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, 1992-07, 162 pages (610.5/L63/1993)

A procedure is presented for evaluating building code provisions for accidental torsion from analysis of earthquake-induced motions of nominally symmetric-plan buildings. This procedure is used to analyze the motions of three buildings recorded during recent California earthquakes.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/EERC/EERC-92-09.pdf (5 MB)