<p>The paper reviews literature and codes related to performance-based seismic design (PBSD) of reinforced concrete building. Performance objectives such as immediate occupancy, collapse prevention, or life-safety are used to define the state (condition) ...

<p>The following General Report is based on the Summary Reports presented <br />during the second day of the Athens Workshop, and the discussion which <br />followed them.</p>

This repoer establishes a framework through which the practicing engineering professions canform a permanent link with the information and research resources of the federal government anduniversities and colleges, so that what is known can be put into practice ...

In this paper evaluating strong motion recordings and the patterns of damage at sites with known geological and geotechnical conditions, has shown that very stiff soils and soft rocks present different horizontal accelerations unlike the US and the European ...