A Conceptual Design Approach of Coupled Shear Walls

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Rotation capacities for coupling beams as per Galano and Vignoli [<a href="/journals/isrn/2013/161502/#B19">17</a>].

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A Conceptual Design Approach of Coupled Shear Walls

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