Seismic Assessment of RC Structures Considering Vertical Ground Motion

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 Introduction 1

2 Demand from vertical ground motion and supply of member shear strength 6

3 Analytical Investigation of RC Buildings 32

4 Analytical Investigation of RC Bridges 73

5 Overview and Verification of Pseudo Dynamic Test 107

6 Experimental Program 132

7 Experimental Results and Observations 151

8 Interpretation of Experimental Results 187

9 Conclusions and Future Research Requirements 210


Appendix A: Specimen Construction 226

Appendix B: Instrumentation 229

Appendix C: Test Data 233

References 216

View Report