PERFORMANCE BASED SEISMIC ENGINEERING | ||
| The International Conference on Civil and Architecture Engineering | ||
| Article 47, Volume 7, 7th International Conference on Civil and Architecture Engineering, May 2008, Pages 671-671 PDF (320 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/iccae.2008.45574 | ||
| Author | ||
| Elabbasy A. A.1, 2 | ||
| 1Professor of concrete structures, Higher Technological Institute, Tenth of Ramadan City, Egypt.+ | ||
| 2Member of the Egyptian Society of Earthquake Engineering, Giza, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Performance based seismic engineering is the modern approach to earthquake resistant design. Rather than being based on prescriptive mostly empirical code formulations, performance based design is an attempt to predict buildings with predictable seismic performance. Therefore, performance objectives such as lifesafety, collapse prevention, or immediate occupancy are used to define the state of the building following a design earthquake. In one sense, performance based seismic design is limit-states design extended to cover the complex range of issues faced by earthquake engineers. This seminar provides a basic understanding of the promises and limitations of performance based seismic engineering. The state-of-the-art methodologies and techniques embodied in the two leading guidelines on this subject (ATC-40 and FEMA 273/274) are provided to illustrate the practical applications of the methods discussed. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Performance Based Design; Seismic; capacity; Demands; Pushover; ATC-40; FEMA-273; FEMA-274 | ||
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