Repair / Strengthening of Buildings by means of Additional Shear Walls and Cores
International Scientific Meeting Istanbul 11 and 12 January 2001, two-day Conference jointly organized by TCG (Technical Chamber of Greece) and Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers
Athens, January 8-9, Istanbul, January 11-12, 2001
One of the most efficient methods of strengthening of buildings against earthquakes, is the addition of walls or cores. Its advantages are that the possibility of collapse is completely averted, as horizontal loads are transferred to the newer, stronger elements, while the deformation and damage of its load-bearing and non load-bearing elements is minimized …
Ductility and Fracture Models of Reinforced Concrete – Applications
Kavala, 1987, Reinforced Concrete Conference
It is now a common perception that the safety of a structure against collapse is directly related to its behavior in the range of inelastic deformations ……… ..the most important one for our country, is able to undertake imposed dynamic loading, such as earthquake and impact, much higher than predicted by a strictly elastic analysis