Critical Earthquake Response of Elastic-Plastic Structures Under Near-Fault Ground Motions: Closed-Form Approach via Impulse Input

• Main Author: Izuru Takewaki (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Subjects: History of engineering & technology; fling-step input; Critical response; Long-duration ground motion; double impulse; forward-directivity input; triple impulse; robustness; Near-fault ground motion; Ground motion; Ductility factor; uncertainty; resonance; Structural parameter; Earthquake Response; Elastic-plastic response; Interval analysis; Multiple impulse; Earthquake input energy; redundancy; Upper bound of input energy; earthquake engineering; critical excitation method; Energy transfer function
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The specialty section Earthquake Engineering is one branch of Frontiers in Built Environment and welcomes critical and in-depth submissions on earthquake ground motions and their effects on buildings and infrastructures. Manuscripts should yield new insights and ultimately contribute to a safer and...