Seismic Joints in Steel Frame Building Construction
Publication: Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction
Volume 11, Issue 2
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Kasai, K., Jagiasi, A. R., and Jeng, V. (1996). “Inelastic vibration phase theory for seismic pounding mitigation.” J. Struct. Eng., 122(10), 1136–1146.
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Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction
Volume 11 • Issue 2 • May 2006
Pages: 71 - 75
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© 2006 ASCE.
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Published online: May 1, 2006
Published in print: May 2006
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Copyright © American Institute of Steel Construction, Inc. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.
The Editors of Structural Design Forum endeavour to publish articles on issues faced frequently by practicing engineers. In this issue, we are fortunate to have a practicing engineer from a severe seismic region discuss seismic joints in steel framed buildings. At one time, this was thought to be only a West Coast problem, but, in the northeast part of this continent with each successive edition of the building code, seismic effects become ever more severe.
Ironically, this has coincided with the boundary layer wind tunnel developments of A. G. Davenport and his colleagues in the application of dynamic approaches to wind loading on taller buildings and the collection of test data on low rise buildings, frequently resulting in a reduction in design wind loading from its former intensity.
This editor was fortunate in hearing the author, Mark Saunders, present his paper at the North American Steel Construction Conference in Montreal, April, 2005. Permission of the American Institute of Steel Construction to publish this paper is gratefully acknowledged.
John Springfield, P.E.
Structural Engineer
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