Author(s)

A.M. Chandler, G.L. Hutchinson & X.N. Duan

Abstract

Inelastic torsional behaviour of structures designed to ECS A.M. Chandler", G.L. Hutchinson*, X.N. Duan' "Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK ^Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia ^School of Civil and Structural Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 2263 Singapore ABSTRACT Some typical examples of the elastic torsional response of buildings designed to Eurocode ECS are presented, and the inelastic response of these structures to certain characteristic strong-motion earthquakes is then investigated. The non-linear hysteretic behaviour caused by yielding of the resisting elements in asymmetric buildings influences the torsionally coupled response and triggers behaviour different from that predicted by linear elastic theory. As current code analysis procedures for seismic

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