"Using Pulse R-Factors to Estimate Structural Response to Earthquake Ground Motions"

Isabel Cuesta and Mark A. Aschheim
Chapter 1 Introduction and Background

Chapter 2 Record Segment Identification in Earthquake Records

Chapter 3 Isoductile Strengths and Strength Reduction Factors of Elasto-plastic SDOF Systems Subjected to Simple Pulse Waveforms

Chapter 4 Estimating Isoductile SDOF Response Spectra Using Pulse R-Factors

Chapter 5 Comparisons of Inelastic Response Spectra Determined Using Conventional and Pulse R-Factors

Chapter 6 Estimating the Response of Multistory Buildings Using Pulse R-Factors

Chapter 7 Conclusions and Future Research

Appendix A Description of the 24 Simple Pulse Waveforms

Appendix B IDI Figures


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