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A Probabilistic Earthquake Resistant Design Method for Braced Steel Frames Using ARMA Models

Takewaki, Izuru; Conte, Joel P.; Mahin, Stephen A.; Pister, Karl S.

UCB/SEMM-1990/08, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1990-08, 85 pages (500/C23/90/08)

The report presents research to develop a probabilistic earthquake resistant design method for concentrically braced steel frames that can incorporate inherently uncertain features of design earthquakes via a dynamic ARMA model (varying linear stochastic process model).

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-90-08.pdf (5 MB)