International Building Code, IBC (2006)

The International Building Code (IBC) is a model building code developed by the International Code Council (ICC). It has been adopted throughout most of the United States.

International Building Code .IBC (2006)

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Seismic Provisions for structural steel buildings. (2005)

 Seismic Provisions was written as a supplement to the current AISC Specification for Structural Steel Buildings(ANSI/AISC 360-10) and provides design requirements for high seismic force resisting systems. In addition to the usual technical updates and clarifications made in all editions of the Seismic Provisions, the effort for the 2010 edition also focused on an improved format and streamlined presentation. The organization of the chapters has been changed to be more consistent with that of ANSI/AISC 360. In the 2005 edition, the requirements for structural steel buildings were separated from those for composite structural steel/reinforced concrete construction, and were identified as Part I and Part II. In this edition of the Provisions, Part I and Part II have been combined into one cohesive and consistent document.

Seismic Provisions for structural steel buildings

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PCI Design Handbook: Precast and Prestressed Concrete, Sixth Edition, 2004

PCI Design Handbook: Precast and Prestressed Concrete, Sixth Edition, 2004

By Leslie D. Martin, Christopher J. Perry

Publisher: Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute 

Number Of Pages: 736 

Publication Date: 2004-01-01 

ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0937040711 

ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780937040713 

Binding: Hardcover

PCI Design Handbook: Precast and Prestressed Concrete, Sixth Edition

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97-S89 Seismic Behavior of Short Coupling Beams with Different Reinforcement Layouts

Document Name:	97-S89
Author(s):	Luciano Galano and Andrea Vignoli
Publication:	Structural Journal
Volume:	97
Issue:	6
Pages:	876-885
Keywords:	cyclic loads; ductility; earthquake-resistant structures; shear walls.
Date:	November 1, 2000

Abstract:

An experimental investigation on the seismic behavior of reinforced concrete coupling beams is presented. The reinforcement layout and the loading history were the main variables of the tests. Fifteen short coupling beams with four different reinforcement arrangements were tested. They were subjected to monotonic and cyclic loading by a suitable experimental setup. All specimens were characterized by a shear span-depth ratio of 0.75. The reinforcement layouts consisted of: a classical scheme (a); diagonal scheme without confining ties (b1); diagonal scheme with confining ties (b2); and inclined bars to form a rhombic configuration (c). Concrete compressive strengths of the specimens varied from 40 to 54 MPa. Test results showed that the beams with diagonal or rhombic reinforcement layouts behaved better than beams with longitudinal arrangement of the steel bars. These results were produced by the different resisting truss mechanisms that were developed in the coupling beams after the first cracking. The differences in energy dissipation were negligible between the diagonal and rhombic layouts. The rhombic arrangement, however, was more advantageous in terms of rotational ductility capacity, and decay in strength and stiffness of the beams. Moreover, cyclic tests demonstrated that the behavior of the rhombic layout was less affected by the different loading histories

97-S89 Seismic Behavior of Short Coupling Beams with Different Reinforcement Layouts

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