The Seismic Performance of Reinforced Concrete Frame Buildings with Masonary Infill walls




AT RISK:

The Seismic Performance of

Reinforced Concrete Frame Buildings

A Tutorial Developed by a committee of the


Acknowledgments

The World Housing Encyclopedia (WHE) project owes its origins to the vision of Chris Arnold, who originally proposed the idea to the EERI Endowment Fund.

This tutorial has been developed and reviewed by an international team of experts. Primary authors

and Ayhan Irfanoglu (U.S.A). Additional input was provided by Ahmet Yakut (Turkey), Durgesh Rai (India) and Marjorie Greene (U.S.A.). Authors are particularly grateful to Andrew Charleson (New Zealand) who provided many useful suggestions as a reviewer. In addition, Randolph Langenbach (U.S.A.) provided useful suggestions regarding the emphasis on alternative systems, and Eduardo Fierro (U.S.A.) and Cynthia Perry (U.S.A.) provided helpful suggestions on earlier drafts. Authors of all the various WHE housing reports cited in this tutorial provided much useful information in their reports, for which all the authors are very grateful:


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