Open AccessIntroduction to and aims in the design of earthquake resisting shear wall structures
Author(s) -
Robert G. Taylor
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
bulletin of the new zealand society for earthquake engineering/nzsee quarterly bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.917
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 2324-1543
pISSN - 1174-9857
DOI - 10.5459/bnzsee.13.2.103-107
Subject(s) - earthquake engineering , seismic analysis , engineering , shear wall , reinforced concrete , forensic engineering , earthquake resistant structures , geology , civil engineering , structural engineering
Some three years ago the New Zealand National Society for Earthquake Engineering initiated a series of group discussions
with the aim of examining seismic design philosophies and methodology, relevant to different types of engineering structures. The results of the first of these discussions, on the seismic design of ductile moment resisting reinforced concrete frames, were subsequently published in a series of papers in the Bulletin of the Society.
The publication was followed by workshop meetings, held in the main centres of New Zealand and attended mainly by practising structural engineers. During these meetings the recommendations of the group were disseminated and applied to prototype structures.