Research Article
Seismic Performance Assessment of a Multistorey Building Designed with an Alternative Capacity Design Approach
Figure 1
Illustration of the different possible damage distributions resulting from the two different approaches considered in this paper: (a) distributed damage mechanism with plastic hinges along the building elevation and affecting several storeys; (b) concentrated damage mechanism with plastic hinges located in the selected building storeys.
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